Thank you, Karen?
Did you buy it?
Patsy
On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 4:46 PM Karen Reeds via Origami <
origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> wrote:
> 8/15/2022
> Spotted on the University of Chicago e-book sale just now -- a book
> inspired by the symbolism of the origami crane:
> https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/T/bo50460825.html
> The cover illustration is an ingenious melding of images invoking both
> peacocks and origami cranes.
> https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/T/bo50460825.html
> I haven't read the book yet, but I applaud the theme!
>
> Happy folding! Keep safe!
> Karen
>
> =
> DISTRIBUTED FOR Seagull Books
> Cover copy:
> A Thousand Cranes for India
>
> Reclaiming Plurality Amid Hatred
>
> Edited by Pallavi Aiyar
>
> In Japan there is a legend that anyone who folds one thousand paper cranes
> will have their wishes realized. But folding cranes, and the meditative,
> solemn care that it involves, has come to mean more than just an exercise
> in wish making. Origami cranes have become a symbol of renewal, atonement,
> and warning. Their symbolism may have emerged out of Japan’s particular
> mythology and history, but they do not belong to any one nation. The crane
> is a migratory bird that crosses borders and makes its home with scant
> regard to the blood-soaked lines that humans have drawn on maps.
>
> This anthology uses origami cranes as a way for some of India’s best-known
> writers, poets, and artists to form a shared civic space for a conversation
> about the fault lines in India at a time of darkness. The twenty-three
> pieces collected here encompass reportage, stories, poems, memoir, and
> polemic—the kind of complex and enriching diversity that India demands and
> deserves. The paper crane becomes a motif of connection, beauty, and
> reclamation in an otherwise degraded country, enabling those who fight with
> words to become the best army they can be.
> ___
> 176 pages | 5 1/2 x 7 3/4
> The India List
> FICTION
> Literature and Literary Criticism: GENERAL CRITICISM AND CRITICAL THEORY
>
> (Here's a link to the complete sale catalogue:
> whole sale catalogue:
> https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/virtualCatalog/vc106.html?utm_source=newsletter_medium=email_content=75%25%20Off%20E-Book%20Sale%3A%20use%20code%20EBOOK75_campaign=D2C%2075%25%20Off%20E-Book%20Sale%20-%208/15/2022%28morning%29%20Winning%20Version
> )
>
>
> ___
> Karen Reeds, ringleader
> Princeton Public Library Origami Group ON HIATUS during pandemic
> Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
> We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
> Room. Free!
> We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
> Princeton Public Library info: 609.924.9529
> https://princetonlibrary.org/
>
> karenmre...@gmail.com
>
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**
Patsy Wang-Iverson
cell: 609.532.0292
net: pwangiver...@gmail.com
