{"product_id":"when-your-wife-has-tommy-john-surgery-and-other-baseball-stories-poems-paperback","title":"When Your Wife Has Tommy John Surgery and Other Baseball Stories: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. Ethelbert Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMuch-honored Washington, D.C. poet activist E. Ethelbert Miller delights and surprises us with his deft imaginings and portraits. Ethelbert's poems play out in baseball rhythm and express the joy of living, despite the bitter challenges in today's world. These poems define our time and allow us to see ourselves as human through the lens of baseball, family and music. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Your Wife Has Tommy John Surgery and Other Baseball Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is Miller's second book of baseball poems. Here he touches new bases. There are poems about Marcel Duchamp and Ornette Coleman as well as Whitey Ford and Don Larsen. Miller's poems move the outdoor game indoors where there are moments of disappointment and despair. Baseball can be a blues game. Tommy John surgery is a way of holding onto hope. Many of these poems were written during the Covid pandemic. They beckon fans back to the ballpark. They remind us to enjoy a game that is precious and maybe even essential to our wellness. Coming after \u003ci\u003eIf God Invented Baseball, \u003c\/i\u003eMiller seems to emerge from a literary dugout after a brief rain delay, ready to celebrate the American pastime again.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eE. Ethelbert Miller is a writer and literary activist. He is the author of two memoirs and several books of poetry including \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Poems of E. Ethelbert Miller, \u003c\/i\u003ea comprehensive collection that represents over 40 years of his work. For 17 years Miller served as the editor of \u003ci\u003ePoet Lore\u003c\/i\u003e, the oldest poetry magazine published in the United States. His poetry has been translated into nearly a dozen languages. Miller is a two-time Fulbright Senior Specialist Program Fellow to Israel. He holds an honorary degree of Doctor of Literature from Emory and Henry College and has taught at several universities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMiller is host of the weekly WPFW morning radio show \u003ci\u003eOn the Margin with E. Ethelbert Miller \u003c\/i\u003eand host and producer of \u003ci\u003eThe Scholars\u003c\/i\u003e on UDC-TV. In recent years, Miller has been inducted into the 2015 Washington DC Hall of Fame and awarded the 2016 AWP George Garret Award for \u003ci\u003eOutstanding Community Service in Literature \u003c\/i\u003eand the 2016 DC Mayor's Arts Award for \u003ci\u003eDistinguished\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHonor\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2018, he was inducted into Gamma Xi Phi and appointed as an ambassador for the Authors Guild. He was awarded a 2020 grant by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Miller's most recent book \u003ci\u003eIf God Invented Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e, published by City Point Press, was awarded the 2019 Literary Award for poetry by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767870390560,"sku":"9781947951365","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/90f120c5f08ebbf1713fbfa9d9a0c8ca.webp?v=1780319276","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/when-your-wife-has-tommy-john-surgery-and-other-baseball-stories-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}