Grantland Quarterly Volumes 1 and 2, Bill Simmons, Brand New, Ships Free by FedEx Home
Grantland Quarterly was a collaboration between McSweeney's and Bill Simmons's web magazine Grantland. It featured the best sports writing from the website, delivered in a full-color book featuring original artwork and a host of print-exclusives—including original fiction, new writing from editor-in-chief Bill Simmons, posters and pull-out sections, old-school baseball cards and mini-booklets, and a cover that looks and feels like you're holding a basketball. Like its namesake website, Grantland Quarterly included some of the most exciting and form-pushing sports writers currently plying the trade, including Chuck Klosterman, Malcolm Gladwell, Tom Bissell, Harris Wittels, John Brandon, Anna Clark, Chris Jones, Colson Whitehead, and many more.
Issue 1 has a cover that looks and feels like a basketball and features:
- Bill Simmons on LeBron James's 2011 NBA playoffs meltdown, as well as a running diary of Hoosiers, in celebration of the movie's 25th anniversary
- Malcolm Gladwell on the NBA lockout
- Chuck Klosterman unearthing a breathtaking junior college basketball game in North Dakota
- Colson Whitehead on his journey to the World Series of Poker
- Jane Leavy remembering her father
- Fiction from Jess Walter
Issue 2 has a dust jacket that unfolds to reveal a double-sided poster with an intricate, gorgeous piece of original art on one side, and, on the reverse, a reprint of the rare 1970s poster of George "The Ice Man" Gervin from Nike. Issue 2 also includes:
- Bill Simmons writing about the career of Eddie Murphy
- An interview with Don DeLillo about Underworld on the 60th anniversary of the Shot Heard 'Round the World
- Chad Harbach on his experience at the Milwaukee Brewers' last game of the 2011 season
- Charles P. Pierce and Michael Weinreb addressing the abuse scandal at Penn State
- Michael Schur (co-creator of Parks and Recreation) on the dismal collapse of the 2011 Red Sox
The books are brand new, tight spines, unmarked--never been read. Mint with minimal shelf wear--in gift-giving condition! I do not believe in using stock photos. The photos are of the actual books you will receive, unlike the giant ebay booksellers!
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