Mike D'Orso

Pumping Granite

And Other Portraits of People at Play

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From rock climbing to rodeo, bowling to boomerangs, sumo wrestling to slow-pitch softball, this collection of magazine and newspaper stories by one of America's leading writers of narrative nonfiction probes the passion people of all ages and genders pour into the games and sports they play.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Texas Tech University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780896727786
• ISBN-10: 0896727785
• Artikelnr.: 36080600

Autorenporträt

Mike D'Orso's work includes sixteen books, all in the form of narrative nonfiction. Eight have been bestsellers; three were nominated for Pulitzer Prizes. Honors for his work include the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, the American Library Association's Nonfiction Book of the Year, inclusion among the New York Times Notable Books of the Year and Newsweek's 2009 list of "50 Books For Our Times," the Lillian Smith Book Award for writing on social justice, the American Library Association's "Alex" Award, the Christopher Award, and selection three times in the annual Best Sports Stories anthology published by the Sporting News. He has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, C-Span's Book TV, MSNBC, and numerous National Public Radio programs, including Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? A former feature writer for Norfolk's Virginian-Pilot and Ledger-Star newspapers and frequent contributor to Sports Illustrated, he lives in Norfolk, Virginia. www.mikedorso.com