July 23, 2007
A Winning Season? It’s Time to Take Sportswriting Seriously
This panel discussion, sponsored by Beyond the Book, searches for signs of a renaissance in 2007 for “serious” sportswriting - identifying books and writers that are moving beyond celebrating today’s championships, and glorifying star players, toward seeing sports and athletes from all angles, including sports as integral to the global entertainment business, the lost and found art of sports-writing, and what truly makes a winning sports book.
Christopher Kenneally, Director of Author and Creator Relationships for the Copyright Clearance Center, leads this timely discussion. Kenneally is joined by David Maraniss, Associate Editor of The Washington Post, Cait Murphy, Senior Editor of Fortune, Peter Golenbock, author of 7:The Mickey Mantle Novel and nearly 17 other sports-related books and Starling Lawrence, Vice President and Editor-in-Chief of W.W. Norton & Company.
July 24th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
Get a sneak preview of Peter Golenbock’s views on sportswriting by listening to an audio interview with the author of “7: The Mickey Mantle Novel”: http://www.andelman.com/2007/05/peter-golenbock-7-mickey-mantle-novel.html