{"product_id":"the-delicacy-and-strength-of-lace-letters-between-leslie-marmon-silko-james-wright-9781555975432","title":"The Delicacy and Strength of Lace: Letters Between Leslie Marmon Silko \u0026 James Wright","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Delicacy and Strength of Lace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe timeless exchange of advice and friendship between two of our greatest literary talents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDear Leslie: Of course I can't know whether or not the world looks strange to God. But sometimes it looks strange to me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeslie Marmon Silko and James Wright met only twice. First, briefly, in 1975, at a writers' conference in Michigan. Their correspondence began three years later, after Wright wrote to Silko praising her book\u003ci\u003e Ceremony\u003c\/i\u003e. The letters began formally, and then each writer gradually opened to the other, sharing his or her life, work, and struggles. The second meeting between the two writers came in a hospital room, as Wright lay dying of cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e wrote something of Wright that applies to both writers--of qualities that this exchange of letters makes evident: \"Our age desperately needs his vision of brotherly love, his transcendent sense of nature, the clarity of his courageous voice.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555975432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2010 pg. 107\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anne Wright","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45351298531509,"sku":"9781555975432","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9732f255-a134-4079-9b1d-89d22ec6b5b0.jpg?v=1746540904","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-delicacy-and-strength-of-lace-letters-between-leslie-marmon-silko-james-wright-9781555975432","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}