Short Takes: Fast-Break Basketball Poetry: Fast-Break Poetry

The third in Charles R. Smith Jr.'s basketball trilogy (after Rimshots and Tall Tales), Short Takes: Fast-Break Basketball Poetry is, in the author's words, ""about those little moments [in the game] that, for whatever reason, stand out in your mind and are significant."" The jazzy but nervous graphic design pairs poems with lots of small-format photos and features high-contrast patterns, varying type in bold colors and nontraditional layouts.