Headmistress Press
Paper Cranes
Product Code:
9780692585924
ISBN13:
9780692585924
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$10.66
I write for those women who do not speak, said Audre Lorde. But in the case of Paper Cranes, 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.
| Author: Dinah Dietrich |
| Publisher: Headmistress Press |
| Publication Date: Nov 29, 2015 |
| Number of Pages: 36 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 0692585923 |
| ISBN-13: 9780692585924 |
Paper Cranes
$10.66
I write for those women who do not speak, said Audre Lorde. But in the case of Paper Cranes, 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.
| Author: Dinah Dietrich |
| Publisher: Headmistress Press |
| Publication Date: Nov 29, 2015 |
| Number of Pages: 36 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 0692585923 |
| ISBN-13: 9780692585924 |
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