Off the Cuffs
Author: Sheeler, Jackie
ISBN: 9781887128810
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Mar 2003
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback / softback
b>The first collection of poetry that allows us to see police officers not just as brutalizers or heroes but as complicated human beings in a position that is sometimes terrifying, sometimes rewarding and often questionable./b>br>br>On a daily basis police save lives, take lives, and risk their own lives. Existing books on police and policing give us a single point-of-view, a black and white story that portrays cops as either saints or villains. This exploration of the dynamic point of understanding makes i>Off The Cuffs/i> unique. Divided into four sections--Eyewitnesses, Insiders, Victims Perpetrators, and Dreamers--i>Off The Cuffs /i>gives us a diversity of voices, telling stories of fear, apprehension, love, brutality, death, sorrow, joy, hope and resolve.br>br>Out of this multiplicity of voices- convicts, police, bike messengers and established poets such as Charles Simic, Martin Espada, Kevin Young and Colette Inez - emerges a dialogue showing us the infinite shades of blue that surround the profession and the profession's relationship to the society they are sworn to protect. i>Off The Cuffs/i> adds an important and unheard piece to this body of work- the usually disparate voices of cops, prisoners and everyone in between engaging with one another within the pages of one book.
ISBN: 9781887128810
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Mar 2003
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback / softback
b>The first collection of poetry that allows us to see police officers not just as brutalizers or heroes but as complicated human beings in a position that is sometimes terrifying, sometimes rewarding and often questionable./b>br>br>On a daily basis police save lives, take lives, and risk their own lives. Existing books on police and policing give us a single point-of-view, a black and white story that portrays cops as either saints or villains. This exploration of the dynamic point of understanding makes i>Off The Cuffs/i> unique. Divided into four sections--Eyewitnesses, Insiders, Victims Perpetrators, and Dreamers--i>Off The Cuffs /i>gives us a diversity of voices, telling stories of fear, apprehension, love, brutality, death, sorrow, joy, hope and resolve.br>br>Out of this multiplicity of voices- convicts, police, bike messengers and established poets such as Charles Simic, Martin Espada, Kevin Young and Colette Inez - emerges a dialogue showing us the infinite shades of blue that surround the profession and the profession's relationship to the society they are sworn to protect. i>Off The Cuffs/i> adds an important and unheard piece to this body of work- the usually disparate voices of cops, prisoners and everyone in between engaging with one another within the pages of one book.
