If God Invented Baseball
Published on 13. February 2018
72 pages
978-1-947951-01-3 (ISBN)
Description
Here are poems that celebrate and interpret the game by one of America's finest poets. They are for everyone who has experienced the magic released when three holy things come together: bat, ball and glove.
"Ethelbert Miller is one of the most significant and influential poets of our time."
--Gwendolyn Brooks
If God Invented Baseball is a complete game of baseball poems, a full nine innings pitched by a "master twirler," whose complete arsenal includes fastballs, curves and change-ups, and the occasional knuckler, to keep readers swinging for the fences, his full artistry on display.
Ethelbert Miller's work captures the enjoyment of the game from childhood to old age. Baseball fans will place this book next to their scorecards, peanuts and beer. Poetry readers will equally be delighted.
If God Invented Baseball is a book for the ballpark and the home.
"Ethelbert's replay of baseball joys and sorrows is a must read. He brings us THE GAME with skill and grace. It is an inside the park home run"
-- Clifford Alexander
"Ethelbert Miller is one of the most significant and influential poets of our time."
--Gwendolyn Brooks
If God Invented Baseball is a complete game of baseball poems, a full nine innings pitched by a "master twirler," whose complete arsenal includes fastballs, curves and change-ups, and the occasional knuckler, to keep readers swinging for the fences, his full artistry on display.
Ethelbert Miller's work captures the enjoyment of the game from childhood to old age. Baseball fans will place this book next to their scorecards, peanuts and beer. Poetry readers will equally be delighted.
If God Invented Baseball is a book for the ballpark and the home.
"Ethelbert's replay of baseball joys and sorrows is a must read. He brings us THE GAME with skill and grace. It is an inside the park home run"
-- Clifford Alexander
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02/2018
City Point Press
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Person
E. Ethelbert Miller is a literary activist and author of two memoirs and several poetry collections. He hosts the WPFW morning radio show On the Margin with E. Ethelbert Miller and hosts and produces The Scholars on UDC-TV which received a 2020 Telly Award. Miller is Associate Editor and a columnist for The American Book Review. He was given a 2020 congressional award from Congressman Jamie Raskin in recognition of his literary activism, awarded the 2022 Howard Zinn Lifetime Achievement Award by the Peace and Justice Studies Association, and named a 2023 Grammy Nominee Finalist for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album. Miller's latest book is How I Found Love Behind the Catcher's Mask, published by City Point Press.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Preface
- Before Ball Four
- If God Invented Baseball
- The South Bronx
- Baseball Is An Island Not A Field
- Playing Until Dark
- Fences
- Juan, Willie and The Boys
- Players
- Judy
- The Boys of Summer
- The Walkoff
- Bunting and The Art of Non-Violence
- One Man's Fast Is Another Man's Slow
- High School and The Intentional Walk
- The Trade
- Holy Water
- War Catchers
- The Bat Boy
- The Second Child
- The Utility Infielder
- The Knuckleball
- The Throw
- The Pitch Out
- Crosetti
- Bill Mazeroski Returns Home From The World Series
- Fly Balls and Other Beautiful Things
- Moe Berg
- The First Man. Was Vic Power Created Before Adam?
- Pumpsie Green
- Jackie Robinson
- Koufax and Me
- Roy Campanella: January, 1958
- Vida Blue
- Barry Bonds
- Japanese Flowers Bloom Inside A Baseball Bat
- Baseball Blues
- The 7th Inning Stretch
- The Pitch Count
- The Relief Pitcher Throws A Sonnet
- Rain Delay
- Playoffs
- Wild Pitch
- Ice Age After The Game
- The Bullpen
- Old Timer's Day
- Baseball
- Invention
- Seasons
- The Zen of Baseball
- About the Author
- Copyright
