Overview
38 pieces that will be remembered for seasons to come For 25 years, sports journalists south of the border have been collected in best-of anthologies. With Best Canadian Sports Writing, editors Stacey May Fowles and Pasha Malla offer a long overdue rejoinder from the North, showcasing top literary sports writing from diverse homegrown talent. This extraordinary anthology of recent writing mixes columns and long-form journalism, profiles and reportage, new voices and well-known favourites such as Stephen Brunt, Rachel Giese, Eric Koreen, Morgan Campbell, and Cathal Kelly. The assembled pieces offer polished prose, unusual perspectives, and rare insight, whether it's Shireen Ahmed taking on Kobe Bryant, Anshuman Iddamsetty aspiring for sumo size, or Eva Holland tracing the rise and fall of ski ballet. With its many voices and approaches, Best Canadian Sports Writing expands the genre into more democratic and conversational territory, celebrating the perspectives of both fans and experts alike. These remarkable pieces offer lasting insight that, like sport itself, excites, inspires, and never fails to reveal the truth about ourselves.
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Author: Stacey May Fowles , Pasha Malla
Publisher: ECW Press,Canada
Imprint: ECW Press,Canada
Edition: No Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.499kg
ISBN: 9781770413726
ISBN 10: 1770413723
Pages: 380
Publication Date: 19 September 2017
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
Introduction, Stacey May Fowles and Pasha Malla Sam Riches, Home Court: Flipino Hoops in Canada's Frozen North Richard Poplak, The Ace Age Shannon Proudfoot, Long-Time Listener, First-Time Caller Cathal Kelly, A Fish Out of Water at the Bassmaster Classic Amelia Schonbek, The Journeywoman Chris Turner, The Journeyman Rachel Giese, Puckheads: Inside the Crazed Arenas of the GTHL Robin Benger, On Cricket Duane Watson, Legend Paul Taunton, The Hazy Edge of Memory: Torvill and Dean at 30 Katherine Laidlaw, This Will End Well Sarah Kurchak, Changing the Way We Talk About Autism in Marital Arts Why People with Down Syndrome Should Be Allowed to Compete in MMA Why Kimbo Slice Mattered to the Autism Community Demar Grant, The Nike Crown League Experience Haley Cullingham, The Tallest Man on Turf Spencer Gordon, Getting Over Denise Balkissoon, For Women at the Games, Sexist Media is the Biggest Hurdle When We Tell Athletes They’re “Not Female Enough,” We’re Hurting Sports Michael Christie, All Parents Are Cowards Jesse Ruddock, The Todd Bertuzzi Knock-Out Club Eva Holland, The Rise and Fall of Ski Ballet Donnovan Bennett, Being a Black Sports Journalist John Lott, Meet the Most Obscure and Longest-Serving Member of the Blue Jays Dan Robson, Home and Really Far Away Andrew Forbes, Galactic Heat Check: NASA’s “Thermonuclear Art” and the 2015 New York Knicks Morgan Campbell, Street Racers Dodge the Law John Doyle, Making History: Women, Soccer and the World Cup Shireen Ahmed, Nah, Bro. All Muslims Do Not “Love” Kobe Bryant Karim Zidan, Dagestani Dynasty Eric Koreen, A Week in the Life of Toronto Raptor Chuck Hayes Anshuman Iddamsetty, Swole with No Goal Arden Zwelling, Josh Ho-Sang vs. The World Omar Mouallem, The Fight for His Life Mike Spry, The Shame of Pageantry Will Di Novi, Skin in the Game Kristina Rutherford, Game Before Self Stephen Brunt, Sure Thing Contributor Bios
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Writing by Stacey May Fowles and Pasha Malla has been positively reviewed in the Globe and Mail, the National Post, the Toronto Star, Quill & Quire, and more. Praise for by Stacey May Fowles: This is beautiful. Stacey has used her own experiences at the ballpark to reveal what each and every fan has felt but didn't know why. She captures what we all love about the game. -- Buck Martinez, author of Change Up and the play-by-play announcer for the Toronto Blue Jays Fowles' writing about her love of the game and the role of baseball in her life is honest, funny, touching, detailed, and charming. You do not need to be a sports fan or a baseball fan to enjoy this book; it is for anyone who appreciates beautiful writing, who has struggled to find their place in this world, or who has loved anything more than they can explain. -- Jessica Luther, author of Unsportsmanlike Conduct It's refreshing to see works by female writers and formerly taboo topics such as sexual assault and minority representation. The stories range from column length to epic, and they cover disparate sports, but all have great writing that holds the book together. -- Publishers Weekly We live in one of the best sports nations in the world and our writers are just as great as our athletes. Best Canadian Sports Writing is proof of that -- each story will have you hooked. -- Ken Reid, author and Sportsnet broadcaster As someone who has lived through the highs and lows of sports, I'm thrilled by this book. Finally, a book that isn't afraid to tackle the emotional, complex, and triumphant aspects of sports for fans of all stripes. -- Perdita Felicien, Olympian, World Champion, sports broadcaster Best Canadian Sports Writing isn't really a book about sports at all. It's a book about humanity, and a fine one at that. -- Waterloo Chronicle If Best Canadian Sports Writing is a true reflection of the state of Canadian sports writing, then our talent ranks among the best in the world . . . An anthology accessible to any reader, no matter their familiarity -- or lack thereof -- with sports and sports writing. -- Scene Magazine We live in one of the best sports nations in the world and our writers are just as great as our athletes. Best Canadian Sports Writing is proof of that -- each story will have you hooked. -- Ken Reid, author and Sportsnet broadcaster As someone who has lived through the highs and lows of sports, I'm thrilled by this book. Finally, a book that isn't afraid to tackle the emotional, complex, and triumphant aspects of sports for fans of all stripes. -- Perdita Felicien, Olympian, World Champion, sports broadcaster
Writing by Stacey May Fowles and Pasha Malla has been positively reviewed in the Globe and Mail, the National Post, the Toronto Star, Quill & Quire, and more. Praise for by Stacey May Fowles: This is beautiful. Stacey has used her own experiences at the ballpark to reveal what each and every fan has felt but didn't know why. She captures what we all love about the game. -- Buck Martinez, author of Change Up and the play-by-play announcer for the Toronto Blue Jays Fowles' writing about her love of the game and the role of baseball in her life is honest, funny, touching, detailed, and charming. You do not need to be a sports fan or a baseball fan to enjoy this book; it is for anyone who appreciates beautiful writing, who has struggled to find their place in this world, or who has loved anything more than they can explain. -- Jessica Luther, author of Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Writing by Stacey May Fowles and Pasha Malla has been positively reviewed in the Globe and Mail, the National Post, the Toronto Star, Quill & Quire, and more. Praise for by Stacey May Fowles: This is beautiful. Stacey has used her own experiences at the ballpark to reveal what each and every fan has felt but didn't know why. She captures what we all love about the game. -- Buck Martinez, author of Change Up and the play-by-play announcer for the Toronto Blue Jays Fowles' writing about her love of the game and the role of baseball in her life is honest, funny, touching, detailed, and charming. You do not need to be a sports fan or a baseball fan to enjoy this book; it is for anyone who appreciates beautiful writing, who has struggled to find their place in this world, or who has loved anything more than they can explain. -- Jessica Luther, author of Unsportsmanlike Conduct It's refreshing to see works by female writers and formerly taboo topics such as sexual assault and minority representation. The stories range from column length to epic, and they cover disparate sports, but all have great writing that holds the book together. -- Publishers Weekly We live in one of the best sports nations in the world and our writers are just as great as our athletes. Best Canadian Sports Writing is proof of that -- each story will have you hooked. -- Ken Reid, author and Sportsnet broadcaster As someone who has lived through the highs and lows of sports, I'm thrilled by this book. Finally, a book that isn't afraid to tackle the emotional, complex, and triumphant aspects of sports for fans of all stripes. -- Perdita Felicien, Olympian, World Champion, sports broadcaster Best Canadian Sports Writing isn't really a book about sports at all. It's a book about humanity, and a fine one at that. -- Waterloo Chronicle We live in one of the best sports nations in the world and our writers are just as great as our athletes. Best Canadian Sports Writing is proof of that -- each story will have you hooked. -- Ken Reid, author and Sportsnet broadcaster As someone who has lived through the highs and lows of sports, I'm thrilled by this book. Finally, a book that isn't afraid to tackle the emotional, complex, and triumphant aspects of sports for fans of all stripes. -- Perdita Felicien, Olympian, World Champion, sports broadcaster
Author Information
Stacey May Fowles is an award-winning novelist, journalist, and essayist. She has written about sports for the Globe and Mail, the Walrus, Torontoist, the National Post, Deadspin, Hazlitt, and Vice Sports, among others. Her most recent book, Baseball Life Advice, was published in spring 2017. She lives in Toronto, Ontario. Pasha Malla is the award-winning author of six books, most recently Fugue States, a novel, and Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion, a collection of “found sports poetry” co-assembled with Jeff Parker. He contributes frequently to NewYorker.com, CBC Radio, and the Globe and Mail. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario.
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