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Hot Take: Interview with Dr. Kat D. Williams, author of Isabel “Lefty” Alvarez

13 Aug 2020

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In late July 2020, Brenda interviewed Dr. Kat D. Williams, author of the new book, "Isabel 'Lefty' Alvarez: The Improbable Life of a Cuban American Baseball Star." Williams is a Professor of Women's Sport History at Marshall University, and the president and a founding member of the International Women's Baseball Center. They talk about the life of Lefty Alvarez, how Alvarez, who grew up in Cuba, came to play in the The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, Alvarez's life after the AAGPBL, and the state of women's baseball in the United States today. Order "Isabel 'Lefty' Alvarez: The Improbable Life of a Cuban American Baseball Star": https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9781496218827/ Kat's website: https://www.tellagirlshecan.com/, and her Twitter: https://twitter.com/drk1943 Find the International Women’s Baseball Center here: http://www.internationalwomensbaseballcenter.org/ Music during the episode: "Floating Whist" by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: teespring.com/stores/burn-it-all-down Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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