{"product_id":"mostly-water-9798995820901","title":"Mostly Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Aisha Fukushima\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Aisha Fukushima\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Aisha Fukushima\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Women Authors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat are you?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Mostly water\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e overflows through my eyes\u003cbr\u003ewhen I feel misunderstood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo, \u003ci\u003ewhat\u003c\/i\u003e are you?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMostly Water\u003c\/i\u003e is a poetry collection born from years of navigating social norms that fail to capture what it means to be Mixed. Drawing on her lived experiences as a Black and Japanese person growing up between the U.S. and Japan, Aisha Fukushima explores what it means to live from \u003ci\u003emixed roots\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving through her grandmother's kitchen, hair salons, and post-WWII Afro-Japanese histories, Fukushima challenges narrow frameworks around racial belonging. Here, \u003ci\u003eabundance\u003c\/i\u003e replaces the racialized math of halves and quarters. From microaggressions to quiet prayers, each stanza is a lyric within a larger freedom song.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems are an opening - an offering for anyone who has ever searched for language spacious enough to hold who they truly are. We are, after all, mostly water - fluid, uncontainable, beyond measure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aisha Fukushima","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892902477975,"sku":"9798995820901","price":1098.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798995820901.webp?v=1781189842","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/mostly-water-9798995820901","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}