The Aging Cheerleader's Alphabet Contributor(s): Lynes, Jeanette (Author) |
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ISBN: 1894469151 ISBN-13: 9781894469159 Publisher: Mansfield Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2003 Annotation: In The Aging Cheerleader's Alphabet, Jeanette Lynes has crafted a moving portrait of a woman whose humour and chutzpah challenge a world that sees her as a relic of another age. Part nostalgia, part cultural critique with respect to women's experience of aging, Lynes' Cheerleader does handsprings, walkovers and roundoffs over the very language that seeks to define her. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
Dewey: 811.6 |
LCCN: 2004353699 |
Physical Information: 0.25" H x 6.32" W x 8.32" (0.27 lbs) 80 pages |
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Publisher Description: In The Aging Cheerleader's Alphabet, Lynes has crafted a moving portrait of a woman whose humour and chutzpah challenge a world that sees her as a relic of another age. Part nostalgia, part cultural critique with respect to women's experience of aging, Lynes' Cheerleader does handsprings, walkovers, and roundoffs over the very language that seeks to define her. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lynes, Jeanette: - Lynes' previous two collections of poetry are A Woman Alone on the Atikokan Highway and Left Fields. Jeanette teaches at St. Francis Xavier University and works as an associate editor of The Antigonish Review. |