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Apple : (Skin to the Core)

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The term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly "red on the outside, white on the inside."

In APPLE (SKIN TO THE CORE), Eric Gansworth tells his story, the story of his family—of Onondaga among Tuscaroras—of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to a young man fighting to be an artist who balances multiple worlds.

Eric shatters that slur and reclaims it in verse and prose and imagery that truly lives up to the word heartbreaking.
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Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Avery Z. ★★★★★

I’ve never seen a book weave poems and family history together so seamlessly—the photos alone make it worth the read. It’s the kind of story that stays with you long after you turn the last page.

Ryan ★★★★★

The mixture of poems, family photos, and prose made it feel like I was sitting with him as he unpacked what the slur actually means. I read most of it in one sitting, and the way he ties his Onondaga identity to pop culture really hit home for me.

Evelyn ★★★★★

Gansworth's storytelling weaves family history and pop culture references so tightly that I found myself flipping back pages just to savor certain lines again. The way he connects personal memories to the broader Native experience feels both intimate and universal.

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