Description
A nearly 100-page poem built around Julius “Dr. J” Erving’s iconic basketball move, this exuberant work explores the grace, improvisation, and cultural power of flight. From neighborhood courts and family memories to the Middle Passage, ancestral histories, art, music, and moments of profound loss, it traces the unexpected connections between bodies in motion and the people, places, and stories that shape us. Warm, playful, and intellectually expansive, the book is ultimately an ecstatic poem of gratitude—to parents, ancestors, fellow players, and everyone to whom we are beholden.
Available Editions
paperback
University of Pittsburgh Press
Published Sep 8, 2020
88 pages
ISBN: 9780822966234
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Details
First Published
2020
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Be Holding by Ross Gay.