This is a second memoir following Coming after Fathering Words: The Making of an African American Writer. In this story, Miller is returning to baseball, the game of his youth, in order to find the metaphor that will provide the measurement of his life. Almost 60, he ponders whether his life can now be entered into the official record books as a success or failure; one man's examination of personal relationships, depression, love and loss. This is a story of the individual alone on the pitching mound or in the batters box. It's a box score filled with remembrance, and a combination of baseball and the blues.
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"Beautifully written, every sentence is extremely well-crafted and labored over. Each sentence is another peek into the man's heart. Although The 5th Inning can sometimes be overbearingly sad, it's never depressing. There is a joy expressed and it is often uplifting." —Razorcake (July 30, 2011)
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E. Ethelbert Miller is editor of Poet Lore magazine. The author of several collections of poems, his last book How We Sleep On The Nights We Don't Make Love was an Independent Publisher Award Finalist. In 2004 Miller was awarded a Fulbright to visit Israel. Poets & Writers presented him with the 2007 Barnes & Noble/Writers for Writers Award. He lives in Washington, DC.
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A waste of time to read this book! The language and subject is very distasteful! I would not recommend it to anyone! I had to give it one star to complete this review but I would not even give it one!
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Was introduced to the author through his college classmate. It is helpful to know something about baseball to get the full enjoyment of this piece but it is beautifully written in a poetic style.
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read this and feel as if you have been inside the soul of the author. very moving and honest portrayal of the feelings we all have as we pass from the endless possibilities of a youthful blank slate to the reality of middle age accomplishments(and lack thereof)happy, sad, thought provoking and insightful. I thought it was wonderful.
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