{"product_id":"no-parole-today-9780931122934","title":"No Parole Today","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Laura Tohe\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: West End Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: West End Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - Native American\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first collection, in prose memoir and poetry, of the work of a Navajo poet and teacher describes attending a government school for Indian children and the challenge it presented to her socially, culturally, and expressively. Laura Tohe says this of her experience: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I was born in Fort Defiance, Arizona, and raised on the Diné (Navajo) Reservation in Arizona and New Mexico. I grew up speaking Diné as my primary language. For a while we lived near Coyote Canyon with my grandparents while my parents operated the Tohe Coal Mine, a family business. After the mine closed, my mother moved us to Crystal, New Mexico, where she worked at the boarding school. I grew up without television in the beautiful Chuska Mountains, where only a dirt road connected us to the rest of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"While growing up I heard stories all around me. As we drove down the dusty reservation road, my mother told many Diné stories. I liked to listen to her and Grandma gossip. Sometimes she would catch me eavesdropping and make me leave. My first publication originates from a story given to my mother by her great-grandmother.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"West End Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47591243251863,"sku":"9780931122934","price":1382.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780931122934.webp?v=1774972104","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/no-parole-today-9780931122934","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}