Poetry. This is the first book of poetry by Caroline Maun, a Wayne State University professor of critical literacies. "Caroline Maun's THE SLEEPING is a compelling and intimate exploration of the self. In language that is at the same time sophisticated and coherent, Maun offers startling images of her body as it is acted upon by the doctor, the rapist, the lover. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the volume is Maun's ability to recall private places and through them create universal images of childhood, sexuality, and death."--Mary Jane Lupton, author of Menstruation and Psychoanalysis. Maun is also editor of THE COLLECTED POEMS OF EVELYN SCOTT, published by the National Poetry Foundation.