Ross Gay Wins $75,000 Jean Stein Award
The award recognizes Ross Gay's latest book, Be Holding: A Poem, an homage to legendary basketball player, Julius Erving. "Gay traces Dr. J’s prowess from African mythology to the Middle Passage to pickup games, hip-hop, police violence and the 1980 NBA Finals, where the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the 76ers despite Erving’s heroics."
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