{"product_id":"starfish-blues-a-memoir","title":"Starfish Blues: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rasheena Fountain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e Starfish Blues: A Memoir\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2026-04-22\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eStarfish Blues\u003c\/strong\u003e is an experimental memoir of a Black queer woman's journey to find a version of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehome through tracing her family's migrations, reimagining environmental activism, and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eredefining her relationship to nature and place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a series of letters, poems, and nonlinear riffs through memory and time, Rasheena\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFountain reflects on both the gifts and wounds of her formative experiences, including her\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003echildhood move from central Illinois back to Chicago's West Side; her daily life as a single\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eparent; and her migration to Seattle to work in nature conservation, a field rife with\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ediscrimination, tokenism, and safety issues for BIPOC environmentalists and recreationists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout, music is a restorative balm as well as a formal influence on Fountain's writing,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewhich takes exuberant thematic and temporal leaps inspired by blues, gospel, and house music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFountain examines her parents' and grandparents' stories and celebrates her family's history of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003emovement, from the Great Migration to the legacy of Black explorers. In doing so, she reckons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewith broader systems of colonization and Indigenous erasure, as well as the insidious effects of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eenslavement, environmental degradation, police brutality, patriarchy, and homophobia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this bold and lyrical debut, Fountain strives to transcend expectations of her sexuality and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewomanhood while seeking new ways to embrace her full self. Through healing the past and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003echallenging the narratives that try to limit her, she searches for better versions of Black freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntimate, insightful, and brimming with hope, Starfish Blues expands the possibilities of both\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ememoir and nature writing, inspiring us to consider our own relationship to the places that have\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eshaped us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798234049803\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rasheena Fountain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53414674399539,"sku":"9798234049803","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/9798234049803.jpg?v=1780296722","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/starfish-blues-a-memoir","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}