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In an effort to preserve the historical Warm Pool in Berkeley, Ca, Daniel Rudman compiles interviews and statements of its patrons who depend on it for rehabilitation, physical therapy, exercise, and above all, communal support. These personal testimonies demonstrate again and again the ancient truth that we are all part of each other. If listening to the voices in this anthology helps to achieve a permanent Warm Pool, then it will have served...

This is an extraordinary personal document, one which scene-by-scene, vignette-by-vignette, can be completely gripping and affecting. Rudman's superb skills as a playwright are in evidence here--an ability to structure a dramatic scene, a marvelous ear for dialogue, the fascinating device of giving voice, body and even personality to a feeling, a part of the body, or an inner self (in this instance, the malevolent "pain")." --Henry Dunow

The first time I played basketball I was nine years old, with a smooth, shiny Bob Cousy Beginner's ball. My father'd brought it home the night before, and I'd slept with it all night under the covers. How heavy the ball felt. How far away the basket. How difficult it was to reach the rim. First I heaved it one-handed from my shoulder, then tried it two-handed from my chest, jumping as high as I could. Finally, listening to my dad, I started sh...