Here I Throw Down My Heart

by McElroy, Colleen J.

• ISBN13: 9780822962052
• ISBN10: 0822962055
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780822978435
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-10-28
• Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr
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Summary

The poems in Here I Throw Down My Heartprompt 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.