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I, too, am biased as I have a piece in this collection, but it's honestly a fantastic book - just look at the list of contributors - absolutely incredible
I mean, I'm biased in that I have an essay in this collection, but I think the pieces that Natalie Diaz and Hannah Ensor have brought together here are amazing, and I'm honored to be part of it.
I received an ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review; opinions are my own.I really took my time with this one, a book so unlike any I’ve ever read and so needed. This anthology is chock full of writers- a great many of whom are poets, POC, LGBTQIA+, gender nonconforming, and Indigenous- bringing such a broad array of voices and viewpoints to sport: what it is to participate in it at different levels, what it means to be a fan, the history of sports culture including...
This collection surprised me. I liked the way it was edited, the essays blended pretty well with a heavy representation of poetry even though maybe I was looking more for an essay/memoir experience out of it when I picked it up. Personal favourites were Hannah Ensor's 'Mudita World Peace', Lisa Fay Coutley's 'Why to Run Racks', Porochista Khakpour's 'Federer as Irreligious Experience', the Christina Olivare interview about boxing, and Rankine on Serena Williams.