Fast break to line break : poets on the art of basketball / edited by Todd Davis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davis, Todd.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Basketball.

Sports--Poetry.

Sports.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

224 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2012]

Summary:

Organizing the book into pregame through fourth quarters and overtime chapters, editor Davis introduces the poetry in motion conveyed in the game of basketball. Male and female contributors discuss their experiences with the sport and its influence on their verse. For example, Quincy Troupe discusses why he wrote a poem paying tribute to Magic Johnson. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Pregame

Basketball, Poetry, and All Things Beautiful / Todd Davis Davis, Todd, J. D. Scrimgeour Scrimgeour, J. D. 3

First Quarter

Hidden Talents Fail to Materialize / Jim Daniels Daniels, Jim 9

Basketball and Poetry: The Two Richies / Stephen Dunn Dunn, Stephen 19

Two Things You Need Balls to Do: A Miscellany from a Former Professional Basketball Player Turned Poet / Natalie Diaz Diaz, Natalie 25

The Simple Rhymes of Defense / Gary Fincke Fincke, Gary 31

Basketball and Poetry: Strange Bedfellows / Margaret Gibson Gibson, Margaret, David McKain McKain, David 39

Basketball and the Immigrant Faith / Patrick Rosal Rosal, Patrick 53

Second Quarter

Spinning in My Hands / Mary Linton Linton, Mary 61

Against All Odds / Linda Nemec Foster Foster, Linda Nemec 69

The Ball Goes in Clean / Todd Davis Davis, Todd 73

Hard / Peter Sears Sears, Peter 83

In Praise of Bad Boys and the Evolutionary Leap / Therese Becker Becker, Therese 87

Why I Wrote the "Magic" Johnson Poem / Quincy Troupe Troupe, Quincy 93

Halftime

The Art of the Cheer / Debra Marquart Marquart, Debra 101

Third Quarter

Fast Break / William Heyen Heyen, William 111

Tipping Off / Lauren (Jentz) Jensen Jensen, Lauren (Jentz) 119

Off the Rim / Adrian Matejka Matejka, Adrian 123

Courting Risk: Thoughts on Basketball and Poetry / Patricia Clark Clark, Patricia 131

Basketball, Failure, and Amateur Pleasure / Jeff Gundy Gundy, Jeff 143

My Two Obsessions: Basketball and Poetry / Marian Haddad Haddad, Marian 151

Fourth Quarter

"More Beautiful Than Words Can Tell": A Poet's Education in Southern Basketball / Bobby C. Rogers Rogers, Bobby C. 163

Blessed / Ross Gay Gay, Ross 173

It Was Easier to Say, "I'm a Basketball Player" Than It Is to Say, "I'm a Poet" / Jack Ridl Ridl, Jack 179

Reading Sebastian Matthews / James McKean McKean, James 183

Going Exactly Where We Want to Go / Marjorie Maddox Maddox, Marjorie 189

Squeak from Shoes / Richard Newman Newman, Richard 197

Overtime

Announcing My Retirement / J. D. Scrimgeour Scrimgeour, J. D. 205

Team Roster 211.

ISBN:

9781611860351

1611860350

OCLC:

731372963