“I was so hungry for anything other than the way I grew up” - writer and poet Sasha LaPointe

This episode is 20 minutes long.

This episode was published on August 18, 2024.

At the age of three, writer Sasha LaPointe was given her Skagit name in a ceremony - taqʷšəblu. In the Pacific Northwest, it’s a big deal to be given a Skagit name and she was her great-grandmother’s namesake - Violet taqʷšəblu Hilbert.

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