Sidelines is a collection of poetic memories about sport. Each narrative
poem features a recollected moment, based on personal experiences,
misremembered histories, or imaginative guessing games. In the process,
Sidelines explores the complex contradictions of living and loving
through sport by extending the concept of "participation" to include
sporting culture's more marginal players. As a work of sport literature,
this poetic biomythography considers how the sidelines are a liminal
space that is peripheral, yet central to the world of sport. As a poetic
memoir, it is a longing but hopeful account of how sports can inform
your self-conception, even when you believe you are out of play.