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Tag Archives: baseball
The Books: Baseball: A Literary Anthology; from Tallulah, by Tallulah Bankhead
On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: Baseball: A Literary Anthology Tallulah Bankhead’s autobiography, Tallulah: My … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball, Baseball A Literary Anthology, essays, Tallulah Bankhead
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The Books: Baseball: A Literary Anthology; “It Was a Great Day in Jersey,” by Wendell Smith
On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: Baseball: A Literary Anthology The following piece, written in … Continue reading
The Books: Baseball: A Literary Anthology; “Pitchers and Catchers,” by Moe Berg
On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: Baseball: A Literary Anthology I was born into being … Continue reading
The Books: Baseball: A Literary Anthology; Excerpt from “The Glory of Their Times”, by Lawrence S. Ritter
On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: Baseball: A Literary Anthology Have any of you baseball … Continue reading
The Books: Baseball: A Literary Anthology; “Baseball as the Bleachers Like It”, by Charles E. Van Loan
On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: Baseball: A Literary Anthology To my Mets fans readers, … Continue reading
April 2015 Viewing Diary
About Elly (2009; d. Asghar Farhadi). At long last. Wrote it up here. Misery Loves Comedy (2015; d. Kevin Pollak). Navel-gazing documentary about comedians and how they think about what they do. A cast of thousands. Lots of great anecdotes. … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Agnes Varda, Albert Maysles, Argentina, Asghar Farhadi, baseball, Chantal Akerman, Denmark, documentary, France, Iran, Iranian film, Italy, Jean-Luc Godard, John Wayne, Josef von Sternberg, Nicholas Ray, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Sandrine Bonnaire, Supernatural, Sweden, X-Files
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Review: Tribeca 2015: Fastball
Baseball nerds, you won’t want to miss Jonathan Hock’s documentary “Fastball.” And those who don’t follow baseball, it’s clear/insightful enough that you may come to understand why the game is such an obsession for the rest of us. “Fastball” is … Continue reading
The Books: Once More Around the Park: A Baseball Reader, ‘No, But I Saw the Game,’ by Roger Angell
On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: Once More Around the Park: A Baseball Reader, by … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball, essays, Once More Around the Park, Roger Angell
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The Books: Once More Around the Park: A Baseball Reader, ‘The Arms Talks,’ by Roger Angell
On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: Once More Around the Park: A Baseball Reader, by … Continue reading
The Books: Once More Around the Park: A Baseball Reader, ‘Not So, Boston,’ by Roger Angell
On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: Once More Around the Park: A Baseball Reader, by … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball, essays, Once More Around the Park, Red Sox, Roger Angell
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