![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The book has been named a best book of 2021 by outlets such as TIME, NPR, Lit Hub and the New York Public Library. In "White Magic," which was published by Tin House last April, she weaves stories of her ancestors - their colonization and genocide as well as their healing powers and spirituality - with her love of video games and other everyday life occurrences. The subjects of these essays are parts of a bigger storylike a spell with the intention to make whole what has been wounded. ![]() In Elissa Washuta’s hands, this collection becomes more than the sum of its parts. Washuta, who is a creative writing professor at Ohio State University, is a member Cowlitz Indian Tribe. White Magic is divine, incantatory, a riddle, an illusion. 28 in New York City, winners will be announced in a number of categories, including the Open Book category, which honors "an exceptional book-length work of any literary genre by an author of color."īookseller: Clintonville bookseller offers thought-provoking titles from front lawn with Bookspace The winner will be announced at the Literary Awards Ceremony, an event hosted by the nonprofit PEN America that is often called "the Oscars" for books, at the end of this month.ĭuring the ceremony on Feb. Columbus author Elissa Washuta and her book of personal essays "White Magic" have been named to the list of finalists for the 2022 PEN Open Book Award. By Elissa Washuta Tin House: 432 pages, 27 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent. ![]()
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