Vantage

Vantage

Vantage is a fictionalized account of the poetâ€™s real experiences working as the only woman on a six-person garbage crew around the reservoirs of two massive dams. Bambrick began writing poems in order to document the forms of violence she witnessed towards the people and the environment of the Columbia River. While working there she found that reservoirs foster a uniquely complex communityâ€•from fish biologists to the owners of luxury summer homesâ€•and became interested in the issues and tensions between the people of that place. The idea of power, literal and metaphorical, was present in every action and encounter with bosses and the people using the river. The presence of a young woman on the crew irritated her older, male co-workers whoâ€™d logged, built houses, and had to suffer various forms of class discrimination their entire lives. She found throughout this experience that their issues, while not the same, were inherently connected to the suffering of the lands they worked. Introduction by Sharon Olds.
Country USA
Brand American Poetry Review
Manufacturer American Poetry Review
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2019-09-24
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780986093807

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