Pretend the Ball Is Named Jim Crow

Joshua "Josh" Gibson (1911–1947) is a baseball legend—one of the greatest power hitters in the Negro Leagues, and in all of baseball history. At the height of his career, this trailblazing athlete suffered grueling physical ailments, lost his young wife who died giving birth to their twins, and endured years of Jim Crow–era segregation and discrimination—all the while breaking records on the ball field. Dorian Hairston's debut poetry collection explores the Black American experience through the