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“My good friend and great writer.”
“A most moving experience. A chance to look at and feel the competition, excitement, and pain of athletic endeavor from the very special perspective of poetry.”
“...a prism through which one can glimpse the marrow of an athlete’s soul.”
“With his poetic expertise and sensitive insights, Paul T. Owens has captured the elusive answers and descriptions sought by those of us who for so many years have attempted to define our existence as athletes and explain our participation in competitive sports.”