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Smith,
Charles R.
HOOP QUEENS : POEMS
Cambridge : Candlewick, 2003.
IL 3-6, RL 5.3
ISBN 076361422X
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| Women's
basketball has seen a climb in popularity because of players like Lisa
Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes. Smith pay homage to the stars of the WNBA
through poetry in Hoop Girls. "Racing and running/and
spinning and swerving/in total control/while feeding and serving/delicious
assists/with wrist-flick tricks" |
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SUBJECTS:
Women basketball players -- Poetry.
Basketball -- Poetry.
Women -- Poetry.
American poetry. |
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