<em>The Washington Post</em> is gutting its books coverage.

The Washington Post is gutting its books coverage.

By Brittany Allen | February 4, 2026

Lace up your skates, the next horny hockey book is coming.

Lace up your skates, the next horny hockey book is coming.

By James Folta | January 12, 2026

How <em>Back to the Future</em> Made Me a Misfit Skateboarder

How Back to the Future Made Me a Misfit Skateboarder

Sean Mortimer on Embracing Counterculture and Following His Passions

By Sean Mortimer | January 12, 2026

Here’s what’s making us happy <em> this </em> week.

Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | November 14, 2025

Hockey Players Are Tough, But Novelists Are Tougher

Hockey Players Are Tough, But Novelists Are Tougher

Leslie Cohen on Writing a Romance Novel With Former NHL Hockey Player Sean Avery

By Leslie Cohen | November 10, 2025

How the Rise of Fascism Impacted the 1938 FIFA World Cup

How the Rise of Fascism Impacted the 1938 FIFA World Cup

Jonathan Wilson Explores the Political—and Personal—Upheaval at the Intersection of Politics and Sport

By Jonathan Wilson | November 7, 2025

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  • The Rest of Our Lives
  • Call Me Ishmaelle
  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • Departure(s)
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China
  • The Flower Bearers
  • Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood

Free IP! Ideal candidates for the next Richard Linklater biopic.

By Brittany Allen | November 4, 2025

Five Classic Books Every Basketball Lover Should Read

By Yaron Weitzman | October 21, 2025

When Bruce Lee Trained With Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

By Jeff Chang | September 25, 2025

Pain as Progress: On Bodybuilding, Poetry and Transformation

Pain as Progress: On Bodybuilding, Poetry and Transformation

“Rupture is a prerequisite for reparation. Hurting couldn’t be avoided. Hurting was the point.”

By Isabella DeSendi | September 15, 2025

Failing Better: On The Tennis Player and The Writer

Failing Better: On The Tennis Player and The Writer

Thomas Swick Examines the Parallels Between Two Joyous (and Thankless) Vocations

By Thomas Swick | September 5, 2025

Holding Tight: When to Fall and When to Keep Climbing

Holding Tight: When to Fall and When to Keep Climbing

Emily Meg Weinstein on Rock Climbing and Saving Herself

By Emily Meg Weinstein | September 5, 2025

Why Helen Garner Embedded With Her Grandson’s Footy Club

Why Helen Garner Embedded With Her Grandson’s Footy Club

“That’s when footy really got a grip on me. It made me feel lucky to be alive.”

By Helen Garner | September 4, 2025

The Poet Who Watched a Football Game on Nagasaki’s Atomic Killing Field

The Poet Who Watched a Football Game on Nagasaki’s Atomic Killing Field

Greg Mitchell on William W. Watt’s Experience in the Aftermath of Nuclear Devastation

By Greg Mitchell | August 8, 2025

Muscle Beach: Surfing with Bonnie Tsui

Muscle Beach: Surfing with Bonnie Tsui

Mickie Meinhardt Profiles the Author of “On Muscle,” on a Surfboard

By Mickie Meinhardt | July 16, 2025

Here's everything that made us happy <em> this </em> week.

Here's everything that made us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | July 3, 2025

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