Be Holding: A Poem

by Ross Gay

Book Overview

Be Holding is a love song to legendary basketball player Julius Erving--known as Dr. J--who dominated courts in the 1970s and '80s as a small forward for the Philadelphia '76ers, as well as over his career in both the NBA and ABA. But this book-length poem is more than just an ode to a magnificent athlete. Through a kind of lyric research, or lyric meditation, Ross Gay connects Dr. J's famously impossible move from the 1980 NBA Finals against...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822966239
• ISBN13: 9780822966234
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.7" x 8.4"