Apple

How about a book that makes you barge into your boss’s office to read a page of poetry from? That you dream of? That every movie, song, book, moment that follows continues to evoke in some way?

The term “Apple” is a slur in Native communities across the country. It’s for someone supposedly “red on the outside, white on the inside.”

Eric Gansworth is telling his story in Apple (Skin to the Core). The story of his family, of Onondaga among Tuscaroras, of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to a young man fighting to be an artist who balances multiple worlds. Eric shatters that slur and reclaims it in verse and prose and imagery that truly lives up to the word heartbreaking.

“"With language rich in metaphor, this is a timely and important work that begs for multiple readings." - BOOKLIST (starred review)”

A powerful narrative about identity and belonging. - PASTE MAGAZINE
A searing yet dryly funny, at times intimate and at times highly literary picture of life hemmed in by majoritarian expectations and gutted by exploitation that made staying in the family home intolerable but leaving it unthinkable. - BCCB
Easily one of the best books to be published in 2020. The kind of book bound to save lives. - LIT HUB
Exceptional..A stirring depiction of Indigenous life likely to evoke empathy from and resonate with all who venture into Gansworth's world. - SHELF-AWARENESS (starred review)
With language rich in metaphor, this is a timely and important work that begs for multiple readings. - BOOKLIST (starred review)
A raw, layered story about love and loss of community, culture, and place.- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Eric Gansworth, S?ha-weñ na-sae?, is an enrolled Onondaga writer and visual artist, raised at the Tuscarora Nation. His award-winning books include If I Ever Get Out of Here, Give Me Some Truth, and Extra Indians. He is a Professor and Lowery Writer-in-Residence at Canisius College.

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