Spirit Birds They Told Me

"This beautiful collection of poetry is a powerful work of conscience, a telling of 'the truest stories ever told' about how injustice wounds—and how those who survive can learn the secrets of dreaming the world anew. Mary Oishi has given us the perfect book for this moment in history."—Demetria Martínez, author of Mother Tongue and Confessions of a Berlitz-Tape Chicana