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Subject: [ARETE] sports flash fiction?<br>
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Does anyone have any suggestions for works of flash fiction that engage with sport in some way? I've had a lot of success teaching a few stories from John Edgar Wideman's
<i>Briefs</i> (<a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FBriefs-John-Edgar-Wideman%2Fdp%2F0557310040&data=02%7C01%7Csport_literature_association%40lists.ku.edu%7Cf3ba1115308b4b5f776308d792da311c%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637139338150160044&sdata=YcfJl4kmnswscm64Z14o%2FX6eUhM1UBvQlY4vmvf9KZI%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.amazon.com/Briefs-John-Edgar-Wideman/dp/0557310040" shash="BvWjZh/StBF4oh6rmDa8K6wkxsiS+ldDIcQdc56Fp/2shl/Of4rRH31XK9jbV4CuQ5b6pe2CXKo1c0T7NRsa6UiJNP7UHPAJ5acDlaeN3bmwpXkHl448FtKnbFF1JJMO4BNZEiZehpyFcD1UKQqES3XREKQmJyfpjaUpc1UiWhU=">https://www.amazon.com/Briefs-John-Edgar-Wideman/dp/0557310040</a>) in the first weeks of my sports lit class and would love to
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