
The Bittersweet Science
Fifteen Writers in the Gym, in the Corner, and at Ringside
By: Carlo Rotella (Editor), Michael Ezra (Editor)
Paperback | 28 April 2017 | Edition Number 1
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Editors Carlo Rotella and Michael Ezra have assembled a roster of fresh voices, ones that expand our understanding of the sport’s primal appeal. The contributors to The Bittersweet Science—journalists, fiction writers, fight people, and more—explore the fight world's many aspects, considering boxing as both craft and business, art form and subculture. From manager Charles Farrell’s unsentimental defense of fixing fights to former Golden Glover Sarah Deming’s complex profile of young Olympian Claressa Shields, this collection takes us right into the ring and makes us feel the stories of the people who are drawn to—or sometimes stuck in—the boxing world. We get close-up profiles of marquee attractions like Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr., as well as portraits of rising stars and compelling cornermen, along with first-person, hands-on accounts from fighters’ points of view. We are schooled in not only how to hit and be hit, but why and when to throw in the towel. We experience the intimate immediacy of ringside as well as the dim back rooms where the essentials come together. And we learn that for every champion there’s a regiment of journeymen, dabblers, and anglers for advantage, for every aspiring fighter, a veteran in painful decline.
Collectively, the perspectives in The Bittersweet Science offer a powerful in-depth picture of boxing, bobbing and weaving through the desires, delusions, and dreams of boxers, fans, and the cast of managers, trainers, promoters, and hangers-on who make up life in and around the ring.
Contributors: Robert Anasi, Brin-Jonathan Butler, Donovan Craig, Sarah Deming, Michael Ezra, Charles Farrell, Rafael Garcia, Gordon Marino, Louis Moore, Gary Lee Moser, Hamilton Nolan, Gabe Oppenheim, Carlo Rotella, Sam Sheridan, and Carl Weingarten.
Industry Reviews
--Sergio De La Pava, author of A Naked Singularity
"Gritty and smart, this championship card replaces Liebling's The Sweet Science for me because it comes from the inside and the sweat tastes real."--Robert Lipsyte, author of The Contender
"The insightful and innovative true tales of The Bittersweet Science leave one wanting more. It's a terrific read for all who think they already know boxing, as well as for those fascinated to learn more about it."--Margaret Goodman, president of the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association and former Nevada State Athletic Commission Chief Ringside Physician
"Imagine the difference between watching a boxing match and being in one. The same could be said of the difference between reading about it in the new book The Bittersweet Science and in any previous publications on pugilism. . . . There's an amazing range in their subjects. . . . The book will likely be as fascinating to hardcore fans of boxing as it will to those with just a minor curiosity."-- "Wicked Local"
ISBN: 9780226346205
ISBN-10: 022634620X
Published: 28th April 2017
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 272
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: US
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 23.14 x 16.64 x 1.5
Weight (kg): 0.44
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