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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