“The Queen’s Gambit” Is a Sports Drama
The Netflix show both embodies and subverts a genre more typically associated with games like football and hockey
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12 Books for Sports Fanatics
Karl Taro Greenfeld, author of ‘True,’ recommends works of fiction and nonfiction about football, chess, and everything in between
May 30 2018 - karl taro greenfeld
On Poverty, Sports, and Violent Men
John Irving and Kevin Hardcastle discuss combat sports, rural poverty, and writing about good people who do bad things
Oct 12 2017 - John Irving
9 Stories About Sports, Games, and Gamesmanship
From Tara Ison and Rion Scott to Kawai Washburn and Delaney Nolan, stories that capture the heart and heat of competition
Jul 18 2017 - Recommended Reading
Growing Up Is the Deadliest Summertime Sport
"1998" from Sweetlust by Asja Bakić, recommended by Jennifer Zoble
Feb 1 2023 - Asja Bakić
Isle McElroy Asks Jean Kyoung Frazier “What Comes Next?”
A new quarterly interview series about debut authors working on their next book
Jan 25 2023 - Isle McElroy
9 Novels About Losing (and Finding) Yourself in Work
Books about work are never only about work, they're about the search for meaning, purpose, and identity
Jan 17 2023 - Josh Riedel
Becoming a Woman at the Paradise Budget Hotel and Gardens
"The First Virginity of Gigi Kaisara" from Call and Response by Gothataone Moeng, recommended by Yoon Choi
Jan 11 2023 - Gothataone Moeng
There’s No Place Like Jersey for the Holidays
"Iceland" by Drew Nelles, recommended by Electric Literature
Dec 28 2022 - Drew Nelles
10 New Poetry Collections by Latinx and Caribbean Writers
Poems that celebrate diasporic identity and rage against oppression
