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String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication
String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication | David Foster Wallace
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An instant classic of American sportswriting the tennis essays of David Foster Wallace, the best mind of his generation (A. O. Scott) and the best tennis-writer of all time ("New York Times") Gathered for the first time in a deluxe collector's edition, here are David Foster Wallace's legendary writings on tennis, five tour-de-force pieces written with a competitor's insight and a fan's obsessive enthusiasm. Wallace brings his dazzling literary magic to the game he loved as he celebrates the other-worldly genius of Roger Federer; offers a wickedly witty disection of Tracy Austin's memoir; considers the artistry of Michael Joyce, a supremely disciplined athlete on the threshold of fame; resists the crush of commerce at the U.S. Open; and recalls his own career as a "near-great" junior player. Whiting Award-winning writer John Jeremiah Sullivan provides an introduction."
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Eggs
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Thanks for the tag !

1-No

2-Shown are 2 books I‘ve read about tennis.

#two2tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView You're welcome and thanks for playing!🤩❤️📖 5mo
DieAReader ❤️‍🔥Thanks for the tag! 5mo
Eggs @TheSpineView YW 🙏🏻 5mo
Eggs @DieAReader YW 😍 5mo
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Pruzy
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#ForFontsSake I can't get enough of the tennis ball integrated into the cover font of String Theory! Venus Williams quote thrown in for good measure! It seems like all caps is a theme for tennis fonts?? #AnditsAugust

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Abailliekaras
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We were lucky enough to see Federer win Wimbledon today ... Thinking of DFW and his sublime essay Both Flesh and Not. 🎾

Susannah Oh my goodness! How fantastic. 7y
LeeRHarry Wow how exciting! 7y
Abailliekaras @Susannah @LeeRHarry it was a special day! 7y
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smepstein
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currently reading 😍

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Abailliekaras
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Posting this to Jason - some Wimbledon reading!

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therearebooks
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This just arrived. Can't wait to read it!