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</style></head><body>Matt,<br><br>I'm joining the immodest crowd, and especially Ron Smith, who refers to the brevity of some poetry. In the past several years, I have published two collections of poetry. One is a chapbook (Hoosiers the Poems) of only basketball poems, published by Palooka Press, and the other a full-length collection (Headhunting and Other Sports Poems), a wide variety of sports poems, published by Turning Point Books. My memoir, Outside Shooter, about my playing days with Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, and as a victim (I was on the losing team!) in the Hoosiers movie. Some of that might work for you.<br><br>Phil Raisor<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
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