{"product_id":"firesticks-a-collection-of-stories-volume-5-9780806186436","title":"Firesticks: A Collection of Stories Volume 5","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncorporating elements of fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry, Diane Glancy's stories are lyrical yet down to earth, often tough and gritty. Experimental, sometimes surreal in form, they nevertheless concern people who are very real-a color-blind young boy who watches planes in flight and imagines color; a shy stamp collector who speculates that he and his friend, like the stamps, could go anywhere via the U.S. Post Office; an old woman who dies in the cold landscape of her inner life but retains her vision; a cynical woman reluctant to take risks with yet another traveling man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn spite of life's hard realities, \u003ci\u003e Firesticks\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with humor and hope and a stitching together of cultures, as the crossblood characters search for their identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlancy, Diane:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiane Glancy\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of English at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota. She has received the Cherokee Medal of Honor from the Cherokee Honor Society. She is also an award-winning author of poetry, short stories, and plays. Her works include \u003cem\u003eWar Cries, \u003c\/em\u003ea collection of plays, and \u003cem\u003eFiresticks \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Voice That Was \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ein Travel, \u003c\/em\u003e both short story collections published by the University of Oklahoma Press. Her collection of essays, \u003cem\u003eClaiming Breath, \u003c\/em\u003ewon the North American Indian Prose Award and an American Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525756096786,"sku":"9780806186436","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_175cc0be-6918-4400-80dc-bc9d458226a1.jpg?v=1731236082","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/firesticks-a-collection-of-stories-volume-5-9780806186436","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}