From “THE PUGILIST IN TWELVE ROUNDS” 
When I was eight years old, my father taught me 
how to box and I have been sparring my way 
into and out of his corners ever since. In one 
of the hundreds of boxing articles he imposed 
on my memory, I once read boxing was like math, 
calculating angles. I was destined to fail his beloved 
Geometry because I had it all backwards, he said. 
I believed in metaphor and meter the way a boxer 
believes in footwork and timing. Boxing, angles, tennis 
dodged my southpaw. Forty-Love. The pugilist 
is winning. I don’t know how to break his serve. 
What comprises home? How do we reconcile our past? When do we forgive? With precision and insight, Judith Antelmanlooks back at the labyrinth that was her childhood. Through poetic forms, The Pugilist’s Daughter harnesses exhilaration and loss. Part celebration, part lament. Travel on this journey that begins in Judith’s hometown, and shifts landscapes as far as the west coast, Central Europe, and home again.

The Pugilist's Daughter

Literature & Fiction

Antelman, Judith Lynn

Poetry

Blue Jade Press LLC

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The Pugilist's Daughter