An Accidental Sportswriter: A Memoir Paperback - 2012
by Lipsyte, Robert
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- Title An Accidental Sportswriter: A Memoir
- Author Lipsyte, Robert
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ecco Press
- Date 2012-04-24
- Bookseller's Inventory # GOR005593848
- ISBN 9780061769146 / 0061769142
- Weight 0.39 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.7 in (20.07 x 13.21 x 1.78 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Sportswriters - United States, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010051414
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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From the rear cover
Growing up, Robert Lipsyte was the smart-aleck fat kid, the bully magnet who went to the library instead of the ballpark. As the perpetual outsider, even into adulthood, his alienation from Jock Culture made him a rarity in the press box: the sportswriter who wasn't a sports fan. This feeling of otherness has colored Lipsyte's sports writing for fifty years, much of it spent as a columnist for the New York Times. He didn't follow particular athletes or teams; he wasn't awed by the access afforded by his press pass or his familiarity with the players in the locker room.
The experience and insight earned over a half-century infuse An Accidental Sportswriter. Going beyond the usual memoir, Lipsyte has written "a memory loop, a circular search for lost or forgotten pieces in the puzzle of a life." In telling his own story, Lipsyte grapples with American sports and society--from Mickey Mantle to Bill Simmons--arguing that Jock Culture has seeped into our business, politics, and family life, and its definitions have become the standard to measure value. Full of wisdom and an understanding of American sports that contextualizes rather than celebrates athletes, An Accidental Sportswriter is the crowning achievement of a rich career and a book that will speak to us for years to come.
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Citations
- New York Times Book Review, 06/17/2012, Page 28
