Scoring from Second: Writers on Baseball by Deaver, Philip F.

Scoring from Second: Writers on Baseball (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803259911)

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Scoring from Second: Writers on Baseball by Deaver, Philip F.

Scoring from Second: Writers on Baseball

$21.95
Scoring from Second: Writers on Baseball by Deaver, Philip F.

Scoring from Second: Writers on Baseball

$21.95
Format: Paperback
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Why do accomplished writers (and grown-ups) like Ron Carlson, Rick Bass, and Michael Chabon (to name but a few of those represented here) still obsess over their baseball days? What is it about this green game of suspense that not only moves us but can also move us to flights of lyrical writing? In Scoring from Second: Writers on Baseball some of the literary lights of our day answer these questions with essays, reminiscences, and meditations on the sport that is America's game but also a deeply personal experience for player, observer, and fan alike. Here writers as different as Andre Dubus and Leslie Epstein, Chabon and Floyd Skloot, Michael Martone and William Least Heat-Moon reflect on the game they grew up with, the players who thrilled them, and the lessons that baseball holds for us all. From the one-season wonder to the long-haul heroes to the hall of fame, the game that has framed so many American summers--and lives--comes to quirky, instructive, and always entertaining life in these pages.

Author: Philip F. Deaver
ISBN-10: 0803259913
ISBN-13: 9780803259911
Publisher: Bison Books
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2007
Pages: 332
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.10w x 0.73d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/2007 pg. 80
Booklist 03/01/2007 pg. 52
By Philip F. Deaver
By Philip F. Deaver
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Philip F. Deaver is the author of How Men Pray and Silent Retreats and winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. He is writer-in-residence and associate professor of English at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Lee K. Abbott is the author of seven collections of short stories, including Wet Places at Noon and All Things, All at Once: New & Selected Stories. He is a professor of English at The Ohio State University in Columbus. Contributors: Jocelyn Bartkevicius, Rick Bass, Larry Blakely, Earl S. Braggs, Christopher Buckley, Rick Campbell, David Carkeet, Ron Carlson, Michael Chabon, Mick Cochrane, Hal Crowther, Andre Dubus, Leslie Epstein, Gary Forrester, Lee Gutkind, Jeffrey Hammond, Jeffrey Higa, Peter Ives, Richard Jackson, William Least Heat-Moon, Lee Martin, Michael Martone, Cris Mazza, Kyle Minor, Dan O'Neill, Susan Perabo, Rachael Perry, Kurt Rheinheimer, Louis D. Rubin Jr., Luke Salisbury, Floyd Skloot, Tom Stanton, Michael Steinberg, Tim D. Stone, and Robert Vivian.

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