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Black market : an insider's journey into the high-stakes world of college basketball / by Code, Merl,1974-author.(CARDINAL)864177;
"From a former college basketball player and executive at Nike and Adidas, this explosive insider's account of the business of college basketball exposes the corrupt and racist systems that exploit young athletes and offers a new way forward"--Publisher.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Code, Merl, 1974-; National Collegiate Athletic Association.; African American basketball players; Basketball; College sports; College athletes; Sports sponsorship;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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Poems : new and selected / by Rash, Ron,1953-author.(CARDINAL)266641;
A collection of haunting lyricism that evokes the beauty and hardship of the rural South, by a revered American master of letters the award-winning, bestselling author of the novels Serena, Something Rich and Strange, and Above the Waterfall. In this incandescent, profound, and accessible collection, beloved and award-winning poet, novelist, and short-story writer Ron Rash vividly channels the rhythms of life in Appalachia, deftly capturing the panoply of individuals who are its heart and soul men and women inured to misfortune and hard times yet defined by tremendous fortitude, resilience, and a fierce sense of community. In precise, supple language that swerves from the stark to the luminous, Rash richly describes the splendor of the natural landscape and poignantly renders the lives of those dependent on its bounty in cotton mills and tobacco fields, farmlands and forests. The haunting memories and shared histories of these people their rituals and traditions animate this land, and are celebrated in Rash's crystalline, intensely imagined verse. With an eye for the surprising and vivid detail, Ron Rash powerfully captures the sorrows and exaltations of this wondrous world he knows intimately. Illuminating and indelible, Poems demonstrates his rich talents and confirms his legacy as a standard-bearer for the literature of the American South.
Subjects: Poetry.; American poetry;
Available copies: 18 / Total copies: 19
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