Spinning Side Kick

By Anita Lahey

A hard-knuckled look at the other half, this collection of lively poems mix a girl-about-town cockiness with an all-too-rare emotional honesty about men, love, and relationships. Whether the subject is a one-man chimney demolition, the lifelong fidelity of seahorses, a lover at war in Afghanistan, or a kickboxing match, Lahey confronts the enduring disconnect between the sexes in a language that is slangy and quick, punctuated with jabs. She eyes those moments--in a day, in a life--when the normal clues we rely on disappear, shifting the line between domesticity and danger.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550653210
• ISBN13: 9781550653212
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Signal Editions
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.3"