Frank Guridy Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Historian of Sport & Society. Exec Dir. Holder Initiative. Author of Forging Diaspora & The Sports Revolution. Next book: THE STADIUM
The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution
Julius S. ScottFrank GuridyRIP to the pioneering historian, Julius Scott. No dissertation (recently published as a book) was ever as impactful as "The Common Wind," which totally revolutionized our understanding of black resistance to slavery. I was blessed to have worked with him when I was a grad student https://twitter.com/MarcusRediker/status/1467897460118982662
Paperback, 2020
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Let's Go to the Videotape!: All the Plays--And Replays--From My Life in Sports
Warner WolfFrank Guridy@retro_70s I can still remember Warner Wolf, local sports anchor in NYC saying of Net games of that era: "Let's go to the videotape for the game out in Piscataway..." when the Nets played home games at the Rutgers arena before they moved into the Byrne Arena in the Meadowlands
Hardcover, 2008
$37.00$18.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Deportes: The Making of a Sporting Mexican Diaspora
José M. AlamilloFrank GuridySo many great 2020 books on this list. From the Sports section, I highly recommended Ross Gay's stunning BE HOLDING & @josealamillo 's DEPORTES https://t.co/Zla9XfBi9P
Paperback, 2020
$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original
Howard BryantFrank GuridyHoward Bryant's RICKEY, Clayton Trutor's, LOSERVILLE, & Jafari Allen's THERE'S A DISCO BALL BETWEEN US are three texts that I enjoyed reading this past year https://t.co/AQtVfJeqSQ
Paperback, 2023
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Be Holding: A Poem
Ross GayFrank GuridySuch an edifying experience talking about Dr.J, Iverson, Hartman, Girmay, Weems, poetry, basketball, & Black life w/@debparedez & the great Ross Gay. All of it comes together in his stunning book BE HOLDING https://t.co/KDKZWaZjU5
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
There's a Disco Ball Between Us: A Theory of Black Gay Life
Jafari Sinclaire AllenFrank GuridyHoward Bryant's RICKEY, Clayton Trutor's, LOSERVILLE, & Jafari Allen's THERE'S A DISCO BALL BETWEEN US are three texts that I enjoyed reading this past year https://t.co/AQtVfJeqSQ
Paperback, 2022
$31.95$15.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Forging Diaspora: Afro-Cubans and African Americans in a World of Empire and Jim Crow
Frank Andre GuridyFrank GuridyNice to see folks like @T_Cusaac still reading FORGING DIASPORA after all these years, one of a number of books that has highlighted Tuskegee's international influence, a story that remains overlooked. Afro-Cubans were among the first int'l students to attend the school https://t.co/7pijz1YNc0
Paperback, 2010
$37.50$18.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Loserville: How Professional Sports Remade Atlanta--And How Atlanta Remade Professional Sports
Clayton TrutorFrank GuridyHoward Bryant's RICKEY, Clayton Trutor's, LOSERVILLE, & Jafari Allen's THERE'S A DISCO BALL BETWEEN US are three texts that I enjoyed reading this past year https://t.co/AQtVfJeqSQ
Hardcover, 2022
$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book