Pretend the Ball Is Named Jim Crow
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-9888-0 (ISBN)
Dorian Hairston's debut poetry collection explores the Black American experience through the lens of Gibson's life and seventeen-year baseball career, which culminated in his posthumous election to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. Hairston brilliantly reconstructs the personas of Gibson and others in his orbit whose encounters with white supremacy interweave with the inevitability of losing loved ones. By alternating between the perspectives of Gibson, members of his family, and contemporary Black baseball players, Hairston captures the complexity and the pain of living under the oppressive weight of grief and racial discrimination.
Emotive, prescient, and absorbing, these powerful poems address social change, culture, family, race, death, and oppression - while honoring and giving voice to Gibson and a voiceless generation of African Americans.
Bottom of the First_x000D_
Manifesto for Black Baseball Players_x000D_
Smuggling Strength_x000D_
Naming_x000D_
Homerun #1_x000D_
Night Visions_x000D_
Brooklyn_x000D_
Uncovered_x000D_
Dear Diary_x000D_
Papa Tells the Truth_x000D_
Premature_x000D_
Bottom of the Fourth_x000D_
The Original Dodgers_x000D_
Seen It Coming (1951)_x000D_
Pregame Cut_x000D_
West Field_x000D_
Can't Compete_x000D_
Trash Talk_x000D_
Bat Considers Considering a Strike_x000D_
Homerun #270_x000D_
Dear Mama_x000D_
Your Enough Ain't Enough_x000D_
Not Fit for Service_x000D_
Pregame Prayer_x000D_
Top of the Fifth_x000D_
Telegram to Pittsburg Pirates_x000D_
Gator Belt_x000D_
Outfield Cot_x000D_
Worship_x000D_
Trucutu_x000D_
Perejil_x000D_
The Base Watch_x000D_
Winter Ball_x000D_
Bottom of the Sixth_x000D_
Resurrection_x000D_
The Magician_x000D_
Battle of the Greatest_x000D_
Late Night Ritual_x000D_
The Bats Speak_x000D_
Deep Breath_x000D_
Bottom of the Ninth_x000D_
Living Will_x000D_
Youth Fountain_x000D_
My First Slump_x000D_
Mamma and Her Daughter_x000D_
Let Us Be_x000D_
Home Run #800 and Something_x000D_
Extra Innings_x000D_
Cooperstown_x000D_
Where We Go_x000D_
The Walk Off_x000D_
Acknowledgements
Erscheinungsdatum | 17.01.2024 |
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Verlagsort | Lexington |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport | |
Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8131-9888-7 / 0813198887 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8131-9888-0 / 9780813198880 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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