Tolchinsky, Raisa

Glass Jaw

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ISBN 13:: 9780892555796
author:: Tolchinsky, Raisa
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Persea Books
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2024
Pages:: 71
Dimensions:: 22.6 x 15 x 1 centimetres (0.14
Genre:: Sports & Recreation, Boxing, Toys,
Condition:: New
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£14.76

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Glass Jaw is a powerful and moving collection of poems that explores the grit and glamour of women's boxing. Based on the poet's own experiences training as a fighter in New York City, this book delves into the dynamic world of the boxing gym, where women are pushing against the limitations of their sport.

Through a combination of named boxers and a single fighter's journey, Tolchinsky creates a Dantean reimagining of the boxer's struggle for selfhood. With a countdown from 34 to 1, the poet takes us on a visceral and emotional ride, tracing the brutal and solitary metamorphosis of a woman in the ring.

Winner of the 2023 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry, Glass Jaw is a quest that is both spiritual and physical. The poems are muscular, musical, and ecstatic, making for a compelling and unforgettable read.

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