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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Contested Terrain

Contested Terrain

Gray, D. a.
Kistner, Diane

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 1942371381
ISBN13: 9781942371380
Publisher: Futurecycle Pr
Published: Oct 1 2017
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.21 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
CONTESTED TERRAIN captures the myriad identities inside a veteran shaped by birth, geography and, later, a set of experiences that belie any hand-me-down wisdom. Cave Country sees the green, fertile surface give way as the illusion collapses beneath the speaker's feet; in Desert Skies, a barrage of war images hit faster than the speaker can process them; and Returning to the Hill Country shows the altered landscape, both physical and mental, that awaits his return. The final section, A Handful of Dust shifts from the individual to the culture of fear that has become a new, uncomfortable normal. Gray's speakers still believe that beauty exists-often in an uneasy coexistence with tension, hypervigilance, and an ever-changing consciousness.

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