Contested Terrain

CONTESTED TERRAIN captures the myriad identities inside a veteran shaped by birth, geography and, later, a set of experiences that belie any hand-me-down wisdom. �Cave Country� sees the green, fertile surface give way as the illusion collapses beneath the speaker�s feet; in �Desert Skies,� a barrage of war images hit faster than the speaker can process them; and �Returning to the Hill Country� shows the altered landscape, both physical and mental, that awaits his return. The final section, �A Handful of Dust� shifts from the individual to the culture of fear that has become a new, uncomfortable normal. Gray�s speakers still believe that beauty exists�often in an uneasy coexistence with tension, hypervigilance, and an ever-changing consciousness.

• | Author: D. A. Gray, Diane Kistner
• | Publisher: FutureCycle Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 01, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 100 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1942371381
• | ISBN-13: 9781942371380