The Long Net: Poems about the Great Game of Basketball
From his high school and college ball days to his meetings
with hoop greats like Chuck Taylor, Larry Foust, Wilt “The Stilt” Chamberlain, Sam Jones, Dick Howser and Dave Cowens,
Broughton offers a wide-sweep of experience.
“A top-flight basketball player himself and a poet of distinction and originality, Irv Broughton brings together these two gifts in a bright, lively and accessible context. Above and beyond your run-of-the-mill slam dunks, Broughton's hook shot is a wonder to behold.”
George Garrett
Author, Death of the Fox
“There was “Magic” in our National Championship season in 1979. There is also magic in Irv Broughton's poems about basketball and his lifetime addiction to the game. A must-read for anyone who enjoys poetry or basketball or both.”
Jud Heathcote
Head Basketball Coach, Michigan State, ret.
The Lost Peninsula: Adventures in Florida As Told by the People Who Lived There
Whether he's getting Tampa native Providence Velasco
to talk about never swimming or attending a dance until
she was married (at age 17) or Kissimmee “Geech” Partin
to express his desire to be reincarnated as a “bull eating
the on the freshest, greenest grass,” Broughton delves
into the essential.”
Dan Webster
Former Spokesman-Review Book Editor
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