{"product_id":"paper-cranes-dinah-dietrich-9780692585924","title":"Paper Cranes","description":"\"I write for those women who do not speak,\" said Audre Lorde. But in the case of \u003ci\u003ePaper Cranes, \u003c\/i\u003e Dinah Dietrich writes as a lesbian speaking for herself, with delicacy and honesty, about her journey from silence to speech. The poems are situated in a diminished present, remembering childhood and family, painful and pleasurable moments, like the red paper crane of the title poem which gave her \"the gift of experience \/ the gift of memory.\" With the utmost economy, a small stanza can evoke a lifetime of deprivation: \"In my room at home, \/ I struggle for light. \/ The plants strangle \/ at the small window.\" With a fine ear and a light touch, Dietrich courageously charts a course back to life from the brink of death. For those of us who have been to this outsider's hell, it's a comfort to hear the voice of a sister traveler.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dinah Dietrich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0692585923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692585924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Headmistress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.08d","brand":"Dinah Dietrich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441262932223,"sku":"9780692585924","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8459ca5-5149-45a3-b76e-b5b574623905.jpg?v=1777189767","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paper-cranes-dinah-dietrich-9780692585924","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}