Dave Zirin Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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All respect to author Derrick Barnes who cowrote with Smith: "Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice". One parent complained and the school system buckled, disinviting Barnes. But teachers and parents didn't take this organized ignorance lying down. https://t.co/x06pbGO3kA

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Rest in Peace to Victor Navasky, former editor in chief @thenation and someone who believed in me before I believed in myself. I’ll add that Victor’s book “Naming Names” is timeless, as he was, is, and always will be.

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Great @EdgeOfSportsPOD this week. Spoke to author Rob Goldman about his book "The Sisterhood: The 99ers and the Rise of U.S. Women’s Soccer". Incredible never heard stories about an iconic team. https://t.co/s5IU9J3od6

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Buy The Bluest Eye. Read it if you haven't (it's breathtaking). Put it in the local book swap or library. Spread the joy and power of literature in the face of the book burners. Bring the work of Toni Morrison to life. https://t.co/PSQb1aH7Zl

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In celebration of Stephen King, who will be leaving this rancid platform if that apartheid wart make him pay for a blue check, top Five Books by the King: 5) Hearts In Atlantis; 4) Salem's Lot; 3) It; 2) The Shining; 1) Carrie (hon. mention to much. Except Cujo. That sucked)

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Such an honor to write the intro to this tremendous book by @lenny_miller & Andrew Simon, “Racing While Black: How An African-American Stock Car Team Made Its Mark on NASCAR”. Trust me. It’s special. https://t.co/IwV41x6y7p

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My God. I can measure my life by before and after I read City of Quartz. This is devastating. Mike Davis is an absolute icon and I can’t imagine muddling through the current horrors without his insight and analysis. https://t.co/p0OAWAZaaz

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Got an advanced copy of @hbryant42's new book "Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original" About a third of the way through. So far out of five stars, it's easily a six. SO GOOD! https://bookshop.org/books/rickey-the-life-and-legend-of-an-american-original/9780358047315

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If you haven’t read The Committed, by Viet Thanh Nguyen, read The Committed. (Read The Sympathizer first. The Committed is a sequel. Sooooo good.)

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Spartacus, as written by Howard Fast or as played by Kirk Douglas cared about the collective plight of the enslaved. Djokovic cares about himself. Oh, his dad also compared his son to Jesus at a nationalist rally to whip up support for his son’s resistance to “corona fascism.”