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Racquet David Shaftel

Racquet By David Shaftel

Racquet by David Shaftel


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The best writing on tennis from the best tennis writers in the business.

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Racquet: The Book by David Shaftel

Racquet was founded in 2016 to be the voice of a new tennis boom. When the popularity of tennis peaked in the late '70s and early '80s, the sport was populated by buccaneering talents with outsize personas, such as Borg, Evert, McEnroe, Navratilova, Gerulaitis, Austin, King, and Connors. The game was played in every park, and tennis clothes became appropriate attire for cocktails as well as for a match. With success, however, came polish, and tennis-if not the game itself, then how it came to be represented in the culture-got boring. Having a big personality was no longer a virtue. Tennis went back to being a bastion of the elite. Racquet is a place for those who knew all along that the spirit of the tennis boom was alive. Tennis has always been present in the arts, in the popular culture, in the skateboarding, hip-hop, and fashion worlds. That side of tennis was-and is-obscured by the tightly controlled messaging of the athletes, the corporate glean of the major tournaments, and the all-white attire of the country-club scene. Racquet was launched to represent the latent, diverse, and large constituency of tennis that has not been embraced by the sport writ large. Featuring the work of some of today's finest writers, the quarterly independent magazine highlights the art, culture, and style that are adjacent to the sport-and just enough of the pro game to keep the diehards satisfied. This collection features some of the best writing from the first four years of Racquet and tackles such immediate topics as: How should tennis smell? What's the deal with Andre Agassi's private jet? What can a professional tennis player learn from Philip Roth? Why is tennis important in Lolita? How was Arthur Ashe like Muhammad Ali? And, crucially, what lessons have we learned from the implosion of that first tennis boom?

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Racquet mag has that feeling of a Labor Of Love. In that way It reminds me of self printed xeroxed music fanzines from the 90s. But the layout, graphics, photography betray a sense of style, and a knowledge of magazines from the art/fashion realm. If tennis is your 'kink' you will relate to this mag.
I love Racquet's in-depth variety of stories across all elements of our sport.
Absolutely thrilling.

About David Shaftel

3David Shaftel is the Editor and co-founder of Racquet magazine. As a feature writer, he has contributed to publications including The New York Times, The Financial Times, Saveur, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, Smithsonian Air & Space, Monocle, Bloomberg BusinessWeek and the Village Voice. In 2004, he was a graduate of The Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and an Overseas Press Club Scholar. He has lived and worked in Mumbai, London, Trinidad, Louisiana and Cambodia. Caitlin Thompson is the Publisher and co-founder of Racquet Magazine, and the host of The Main Draw and Racquet Magazine podcasts. She has been the Content Director for podcast platform Acast, a Development Executive at WNYC, where she ran the precursor to WNYC Studios, and held digital and multimedia roles at TIME, The Washington Post and in public television. She has incubated and launched more than 50 podcasts - many award-winning - along the way. She also writes about podcasts for The Globe and Mail and tennis gear for Men's Journal.

Additional information

GOR010805508
9781912248773
1912248778
Racquet: The Book by David Shaftel
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Watkins Media Limited
2020-08-11
258
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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