The Thomas SaltoTimmy Straw The ambitious and astonishing debut poetry collection by Timmy Straw, The Thomas Salto forms its poetics in the shadow of the Soviet Union, the AIDS epidemic, US proxy wars, and the motion of a dangerous gymnastics move popularized during the Cold War the "Thomas salto." The Thomas Salto takes its name from a difficult and dangerous move in gymnastics, a leaping triple flip popularized during the last years of the Cold War. Both in its