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Talking Derby Stories from a Life on Eight Wheels

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ISBN-10: 0887535178

ISBN-13: 9780887535178

Edition: 2013

Authors: Kate Hargreaves

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Talking Derby: Stories from a Life on Eight Wheel is Kate "Pain Eyre" Hargreaves’ love letter to the sport of roller derby. A derby skater since 2010, Hargreaves takes readers behind the scenes, both on and off the track, into the world of women's flat-track roller derby. Her vignettes play with language and humour, incorporating the sport’s unique terminology and culture, as well as a glimpse into the very real athleticism and powerful friendships of its players. With a full glossary of derby terms, including "jammer," "goat," and "cougaring," this book is perfect for derby fans, fresh meat, or those who are looking for their first introduction to the sport. Talking Derby thrusts smelly…    
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Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Black Moss Press
Publication date: 9/23/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 80
Size: 8.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Kate Hargreaves is a roller derby skater with Windsor, Ontario's Border City Brawlers. She holds an M.A. in English & Creative Writing and received a Governor General's Gold Medal for her graduate work. Kate has been published in numerous literary magazines across Canada and the United States including: filling Station, Room, Carousel, The Antigonish Review, Drunken Boat, Rampike, Descant, Branch Magazine and Off the Coast, as well as in numerous roller derby magazines including, Derbylife, fiveonfive, Blood & Thunder, and Inside Line. Her poetry will also appear in the Windsor ReView's Best Writers Under 35 issue, and Palimpsest Press' Detours anthology of Windsor/Essex County poets. She…    

five seconds
what's in a name?
snot rag
player profile
stormy
haunt
a vow
she's electric
faq
but…there's a contest
sign scrimmage
crack that whip
slideshow
border crossing
gear bath
ice time
give blood, play derby
velcro kiss
office crossovers
what's your number?
dress code
you want me to eat what?
post-practice thunder
achilles' heel
greta grip
bout day
derby deeds
northern line
no sorry in derby
ode to old knee pads
playing chicken
shiner
go ahead and jump!
jam stopper
day off
dance off
Spartans
bearing bath
price on my head
take a knee
snapshot
appendix: roller derby 101
glossary
acknowledgements