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&utm_medium=email&utm_content=75%25%20Off%20E-Book%20Sale%3A%20use%20code%20EBOOK75&utm_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
