| The Best American Sports Writing 2003 Contributor(s): Stout, Glenn (Author), Bissinger, Buzz (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618251324 ISBN-13: 9780618251322 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: Gathering together the very best writing on all sorts of athletic endeavors, matters of sportsmanship, and plain old fandom, "The Best American Sports Writing" has earned critical acclaim and a devoted following. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Essays |
| Dewey: 796.097 |
| LCCN: 92648838 |
| Series: Best American Series (R) |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.52" W x 8.22" (0.90 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind. Buzz Bissinger selects the very best writing on a vast variety of competitive endeavors, from baseball to weightlifting, skating to demolition derby. Herein today's foremost journalists -- among them Gary Smith, Elizabeth Gilbert, Bill Plaschke, and Rebecca Mead -- throw revealing light on a pantheon of stars: Shaquille O'Neal, Bobby Fischer, Mike Tyson, the San Diego Chicken, and more. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bissinger, Buzz: - Buzz Bissinger is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of four books, including the New York Times bestseller 3 Nights in August and Friday Night Lights, which has sold two million copies and inspired a film and TV franchise. He is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair and a sports columnist for The Daily Beast. He has written for the New York Times, The New Republic, Time and many other publications.Stout, Glenn: - GLENN STOUT is a freelance writer, author, and editorial consultant and has served as series editor of The Best American Sports Writing since its inception. He is the author of Young Woman and the Sea and Fenway 1912, and has collaborated with Richard Johnson on Red Sox Century, Yankees Century, The Cubs and The Dodgers. Stout has lived in and around Boston for 20 years, and currently lives in Vermont. |