Heaven is a Playground by Rick Telander
In 1974, Rick Telander intended to spend a few days doing a magazine piece on the court wizards of Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant. This book tells of everything he saw: the on-court flash, the off-court jargon, the late-night graffiti raids, and the efforts of one promoter-hustler-benefactor to get these kids a chance at a college education.
Funny, sad, superbly written and intensely involvingNew York Times Book Review. Telander's open-ended chronicle of inner-city playground basketball life is a model of clarity and restraint. No one has written a more resonant or understanding book about kids playing basketball, and few books about sports have willingly pulled together so many truths about the disappointments and dislocating fantasies of athletic competition. Atlantic. Rick Telander, in his low-key way, makes us care deeply about the [subject]. He also tunes our senses to the sights and sounds and talk of the ghetto playground Christopher Lehman-Haupt, New York Times. Even those who know little about the game should appreciate this intense and penetrating peek at growing up in the ghetto. Chicago Daily News.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780803294271 |
| ISBN 10 | 0803294271 |
| Title | Heaven is a Playground |
| Author | Rick Telander |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska Press |
| Year published | 1995-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 232 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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