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Pretend the Ball Is Named Jim Crow : The Story of Josh Gibson, Hardcover by H...
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780813198873
- Publication Year
- 2024
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Pretend the Ball Is Named Jim Crow : the Story of Josh Gibson
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Genre
- Poetry
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Topic
- American / African American, American / General, Subjects & Themes / Family
- Item Weight
- 10.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 118 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
ISBN-10
0813198879
ISBN-13
9780813198873
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23060634304
Product Key Features
Book Title
Pretend the Ball Is Named Jim Crow : the Story of Josh Gibson
Number of Pages
118 Pages
Language
English
Topic
American / African American, American / General, Subjects & Themes / Family
Publication Year
2024
Genre
Poetry
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
10.8 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Dorian Hairston's Pretend the Ball is Named Jim Crow: The Story of Josh Gibson is more than just a poetry collection. It's a tribute to the enduring spirit of Black American athletes who faced and overcame adversity. By weaving together the worlds of baseball and poetry, Hairston has created a powerful narrative that resonates beyond the baseball diamond and the page., Dorian Hairston's poems in Pretend the Ball is Named Jim Crow should be required reading for everyone, especially those who strive to outlaw the concepts of Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion in education and everyday life.... From one poem to the next, the stunning collection is a crash course in baseball's past and Jim Crow, giving voice to a voiceless generation of African Americans, including Josh Gibson., (A)n inventive and engaging book of persona poems, detailing the life of Negro League power hitter and trailblazer Joshua Gibson., Pretend the Ball is Named Jim Crow is superb. This is the star treatment Negro League baseball has always deserved. Hooks Tinker's press row seat and Josh Gipson's storied life provide the perfect points of view for this intimate examination of Black life between the bases. Dorian Hairston winds up and delivers inning after inning of masterfully crafted Historical Poems with an insider's view of the truth that lets the reader swing at a Satchel Paige fastball, celebrate a Gibson home run, and witness a love for the game that sometimes failed to love you back. If it's the bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded, and you're up to bat, you'll want this book in your hands., Pretend the Ball Is Named Jim Crow is superb. This is the star treatment Negro League baseball has always deserved. Hooks Tinker's press row seat and Josh Gibson's storied life provide the perfect points of view for this intimate examination of Black life between the bases. Dorian Hairston winds up and delivers inning after inning of masterfully crafted historical poems with an insider's view of the truth that lets the reader swing at a Satchel Paige fastball, celebrate a Gibson home run, and witness a love for the game that sometimes failed to love you back. If it's the bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded, and you're up to bat, you'll want this book in your hands.
Dewey Decimal
811.6
Table Of Content
1. Bottom of the First: 0-0 Manifesto for Black Baseball Players Smuggling Strength Naming Homerun #1 Night Visions Brooklyn Uncovered Dear Diary Papa Tells the Truth Premature 2. Bottom of the Fourth: 1-0 Grays The Original Dodgers Seen It Coming (1951) Pregame Cut West Field Can't Compete Trash Talk Bat Considers Considering a Strike Homerun #270 Dear Mama Your Enough Ain't Enough Not Fit for Service Pregame Prayer 3. Top of the Fifth: 2-2 Telegram to Pittsburg Pirates Gator Belt Outfield Cot Worship Trucutu Perejil The Base Watch Winter Ball 4. Bottom of the Sixth: 3-2 Crawfords Resurrection The Magician Battle of the Greatest Late Night Ritual The Bats Speak Deep Breath 5. Bottom of the Ninth: 3-2 Crawfords Living Will Youth Fountain My First Slump Mamma and Her Daughter Let Us Be Home Run #800 and Something 6. Extra Innings Cooperstown Where We Go The Walk Off Acknowledgements
Synopsis
Joshua "Josh" Gibson (1911-1947) is a baseball legend--one of the greatest power hitters in the Negro Leagues, and in all of baseball history. At the height of his career, this trailblazing athlete suffered grueling physical ailments, lost his young wife who died giving birth to their twins, and endured years of Jim Crow-era segregation and discrimination--all the while breaking records on the ball field. 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., Joshua Gibson (1911-1947) is a baseball legend-one of the greatest power hitters in the Negro Leagues, and in all of baseball history. At the height of his career, this trailblazing athlete suffered grueling physical ailments, lost his young wife, who died giving birth to their twins, and endured years of Jim Crow-era segregation and discrimination-all while breaking records on the ball field. 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 universal 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.
LC Classification Number
PS3608.A545345P74
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