Bruise theory
Subtitle: poems
By: by Natalie Kenvin ; foreword by Carolyn Forché.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: New poets of America series ;; vol. 16
Publisher: BOA Editions; BOA Editions Ltd.
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Brockport, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
Description: Chosen by renowned poet Carolyn Forche as a finalist in the 1993 AWP Series in Poetry, Bruise Theory is Natalie Kenvin's debut poetry collection. Compact and powerful, her poems fly like small fists. They address emotional illness, mother-daughter relationships, friendship and erotic love, physical abuse, and the strength it takes to endure.

These poems reveal Kenvin's extraordinary sympathy for her subjects - from her daughter in the throes of emotional illness to the bold figure of the character Sweetie.