Brooklyn August is a poem by Stephen King that first appeared in Io magazine and was later republished as part of his short story collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes. It also pairs with another story in that collection, "Head Down."
The poem is reflective in tone, a nostalgic look back at what many consider to the glory days of baseball as Americas national past-time, focusing on the heyday of the Los Angeles Dodgers in their days as the Brookl...
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Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American writer of contemporary horror fiction, science fiction, fantasy literature, and screenplays. More than 350 million copies of King's novels and short story collections have been sold, and many of his stories have been adapted for film,...
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