Flying Out With the Wounded (Professional Development Library) - Softcover

Caston, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814715605 ISBN 13: 9780814715604

Publisher: NYU Press, 1997

Synopsis

This collection of poems is striking in its powerful representation of humanity and its dramatic use of language. Anne Caston explores the inner recesses of the human mind and body, delving into the murky shadows where individuals fear to tread. The poems consider the nature of death, love, brutality, friendship, and much more. Caston plays with different points of view and keeps readers on their toes. The physicality of these moving and disturbing poems is sure to captivate lovers of poetry.

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About the Author

Anne Caston's poems have been published in various literary arts magazines and periodicals and a selection of her poems recently received SUNY's 1996 Paumanauk Poetry Award and a grant from St. Mary's County Arts Council. She is currently the Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she is teaching for the 1996-97 academic year. She also teaches each spring in the St. Mary's College Intensive Poetry Workshop and Writer's Retreat and, as adjunct faculty, at Charles Community College.  [Author Bio]

Review

"Somewhere between the personal narratives found in H. Bruce Franklin's collection "Prison Writing in 20th-Century America", the critical work of Mumia Abu-Jamal, and the recent profusion of sociological studies of America's accelerated prison economy, "An Expendable Man" gives us a moving portrait of a broad-based struggle on behalf of one man, and implies ways in which the halls of justice might become more just."
-"Trial & Error",

"Edds's powerful telling of Washington's experience uses court documents, personal interviews, and a variety of other sources to illustrate the political and social circumstances surrounding this extraordinary case. This book invites the reader to think about how due process is carried out and implemented. An Expendable Man is a valuable study of not only the Virginia legal system, but also that of the United States."
-"Virginia Libraries",

"Best work of non-fiction about Virginia or by a Virginia author."
-"Manasas Journal Messenger",

"The book is provocative for its vivid characterization and its study of the death penalty's inherent flaws."
-" Newport News Press",

"Explores the dark side of the system of capital punishment. The book not only goes into great detail in recording Earl Washington, Jr.'s near-execution but also incorporates some history of the Virginia legal system."
-"Criminal Justice Review",

About this edition

• Publisher: NYU Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0814715605
• ISBN 13: 9780814715604
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 122