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Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

  • On the right, the cover of ‘Red Paint’ by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe, which features the author, with long dark hair, red eye shadow, and red lipstick. ‘RED PAINT’ is in large, white text on top of a red paint splash. The subtitle, ‘The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk,’ is formatted the same. On the left, a black and white photo of the author wearing a hooded sweatshirt that reads NO COPS NO SETTLERS.
    Arts & Life
    Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe wears the ‘Red Paint’ and finds a home of her own
    Lauren Korn
    This week on ‘The Write Question,’ Lauren chats with Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe, author of ‘Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk’ (Counterpoint Press). ‘Red Paint’ is part memoir and part family history—full of personal stories from the author’s childhood and her not-so-distant past, as well as the story of the Coast Salish people, a beautifully woven story of the women who came before her, of their strength and spirituality.