Athletes, Activism, and Apple boughs

Dr John Telford

Athletes, Activism, and Apple boughs
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Page Publishing Inc.
Country
United States
Published
21 March 2023
Pages
292
ISBN
9781662446603

Athletes, Activism, and Apple boughs

Dr John Telford

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My good friend and fellow poet John Telford has been a world-ranked sprinter, a championship track coach, a teacher, a college professor, and a Detroit Public Schools superintendent. He remains a lifelong civil-rights activist.

  • Blane Smith, All-American Purdue and NFL linebacker

Telford is Detroit's Robert Frost! - Joseph Preville, PH.D., Harvard University

John's Detroit-oriented poetry is shameless kiss-and-tell - and it's brilliant! - Dr. Stuart Kirschenbaum, Michigan Boxing Commissioner Emeritus

This All-American athlete and physical marvel tells poetic tales of love and ecstasy with a blunt, unruly truth that transcends the tyrannical rules of decorum. - Sunanda Samaddar Corrado, Ph.D., Columbia University

Dr. Telford's autobiographical verse is evocatively erotic, and he's also a poetic genius. - Mildred Williams, Coordinator, the Detroit Poets and Authors Society

Coach Telford is a legend. - Spencer Haywood, NBA All-Star forward

Herein are fascinating pages of Detroit's athletic and civil-rights history, also recounting this busy Bard's AMATORY history, as well. - Greg Dunmore, Pulsebeat TV Arts, Entertainment, and Culture journalist, Detroit

John Telford has fully tasted the forbidden fruit. - Willie Wooten, vice president (retired), Detroit Public Schools Organization of Administrators and Supervisors

I'm going to read this poetic masterpiece over and over again! Come and join me! - Greg Thrasher, radio and TV commentator, Washington, D.C

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