Dave Zirin Book Recommendations
Dave Zirin is the sports editor for The Nation. Sports editor @thenation. Edge of Sports TV at https://t.co/dX4rfdcYQE Host of the Edge of Sports Podcast. Co-host of WPFW's The Collision.
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
Tommie SmithDave ZirinAll 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
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first bookAn Enemy Such as This: Larry Casuse and the Fight for Native Liberation in One Family on Two Continents Over Three Centuries
David CorreiaDave ZirinRead the book "An Enemy Such As This" by David Correia. Thank me later.
Paperback, 2023
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Sports Revolution: How Texas Changed the Culture of American Athletics
Frank Andre GuridyDave ZirinJust interviewed @fguridy for this week's @EdgeOfSportsPOD. His new book "The Sports Revolution: How Texas Changed the Culture of American Athletics" is a banger... or it slaps... or whatever TF people are saying. But for reals: read this book. https://bookshop.org/books/the-sports-revolution-how-texas-changed-the-culture-of-american-athletics/9781477321836
Paperback, 2023
$23.95$11.98 + Free shipping50% off your first bookCarrie
Stephen KingDave ZirinIn 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)
Paperback, Mass Market, 2011
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first bookPolice Brutality and White Supremacy: The Fight Against American Traditions
Etan ThomasDave ZirinTonight at 8pm EST I'm talking to Etan Thomas for a virtual event about his new - and utterly fascinating - book of interviews and personal stories "Police Brutality and White Supremacy: The Fight Against American Traditions," Join the conversation! http://www.akashicbooks.com/events/virtual-event-etan-thomas-dave-zirin-powells-portland-or/
Hardcover, 2022
$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Monster at Our Door
Mike DavisDave ZirinHere are four books everyone should read if you want to understand the world, how we got here and where we're going: City of Quartz, Prisoners of the American Dream, Planet of Slums, and The Monster at our Door. All written by Mike Davis. What an incalculable loss. Rest in Peace.
Hardcover, 2005
$25.99$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first bookAmerican Prometheus: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture Oppenheimer
Kai BirdDave ZirinSpoke to Kai Bird who wrote American Prometheus (on Oppenheimer), which Chris Nolan is turning into a $200 million flick. Can any other director in Hollywood secure that much money for a serious film that doesn’t involve capes? Ang Lee maybe? Glad Nolan is doing it. Esp. now.
Paperback, 2006
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first bookJust Above My Head
James BaldwinDave ZirinMy DL fave Baldwin book. Underappreciated. A gift.
Paperback, 2000
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Movement Made Us: A Father, a Son, and the Legacy of a Freedom Ride
David J. Dennis JrDave Zirin“The Movement Made Us: A Father, a Son, and the Legacy of a Freedom Ride” by David Dennis, Jr. comes out on Tuesday. Trust me that this is special; a unique and vital contribution. Folks should check it out.
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World
Dave ZirinDave Zirinhttps://www.powells.com/book/the-kaepernick-effect-9781620976753 Tonight at 8pm EST: two awesome forces will collide. 1) The legendary bookstore @Powells is hosting an event for my new book The Kaepernick Effect. 2) I'll be doing the event with author and 11 year NBA vet @EtanThomas36. Powells and Etan Thomas. Boom.
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book