The Proving Grounds

by Leslie Heywood

The Proving Grounds unfolds a narrative not of strict chronology, but rather the way each poem functions as a moment that gathers the thematic clusters of the struggle for identity in a consumer culture that has no sense of intrinsic value and that struggle's manifestation in the world of athletic performance and the way these general trends interact with individual experience. The poems trace the female body as a primal proving ground where the distance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597090484
• ISBN13: 9781597090483
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Red Hen Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.3"