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Poet & Teacher Loren Broaddus on Newt Allen, Loving Baseball & His Life
Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with Springfield, Missouri-based poet and teacher Loren Broaddus about his 2026 poetry collection, Wasn’t Any Maybe So: Poems from the Life of Newt Allen, and his lifelong love of baseball, teaching, and writing.
Newt Allen was a star second baseman for the legendary Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues. In this remarkable collection, Loren brings Allen's voice to life through poetry, exploring a world shaped by discrimination and Jim Crow while also capturing its vibrant culture, humanity…
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