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- Here I Throw Down My Heart
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
- Series: Pitt Poetry Series
summary
The poems in Here I Throw Down My Heart prompt readers to see beyond the surface of images, whether that surface is a uniform, a prescribed setting, a familiar geography, or the surface that evokes the most social commentary, skin—the body itself. The modern world moves at a greater speed than the world of a few generations ago, so we look for ways to sort our likes and dislikes, to set our comfort zones. These poems say: “don’t believe everything you see, look again.” The poems look at how borders between countries, or between genders and class have deepened the lines between the haves and have-nots. While everyone is on a collision course for lack of food and water, those dividing lines seem more impenetrable than ever, underscoring the disparity between gender, race, and class.
Table of Contents
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- JuJu Crossings
- pp. 3-6
- Making Ends Meet
- pp. 7-8
- The Silver Screen
- pp. 14-15
- The Memory of Skin
- pp. 16-17
- Is This Our Body?
- pp. 18-19
- Pedestrians Crossing
- pp. 20-21
- The Theory of Flight
- pp. 22-23
- The Bone Thief
- pp. 25-26
- Collateral Damage
- p. 33
- Military Woman: Evolution
- pp. 34-35
- First Blood
- p. 39
- Altar Candles
- p. 40
- What Stays Here
- pp. 45-47
- A Gender More Deadly
- p. 50
- Second Tour
- p. 51
- The Homefront
- p. 53
- On with the Dance
- pp. 59-60
- Counting Sheep
- p. 64
- After the Waters
- pp. 66-67
- Basin Street
- pp. 68-69
- Crossing Oceans
- pp. 71-72
- Going There
- p. 79
- American Rude
- pp. 80-81
- Playing the Dozens
- pp. 82-83
- Good Juju / Bad Juju
- pp. 84-85
- Liquid Borders
- p. 89
- Walmart with Snakes
- p. 90
- Non-Combatant
- p. 93
- The Art of War
- pp. 94-95
- Diseases of the Earth
- pp. 96-100
- Acknowledgments
- p. 101
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822978435
Related ISBN(s)
9780822962052
MARC Record
OCLC
830023858
Pages
112
Launched on MUSE
2012-12-20
Language
English
Open Access
No