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The Double Life Of A Gay Dodger

Originally published in the October 1982 issue of Inside Sports. The game is over and the baseball player sits in the hotel lobby, his eyes fixed on nothing. He thinks his secret is safe but he is…
PUBLISHED: May 8, 2013
LENGTH: 26 minutes (6542 words)

The pain and pleasure of Spring: How I lost my fastball but learned to love Spring Training

I will be 72 on April 22, and still, after 54 years, the most important date every year is not April 22, or Jan. 1, but that day in February when pitchers and catchers report to spring training. Ever…
LENGTH: 23 minutes (5855 words)

The Comedian

By Colson Whitehead Electric Literature No. 2, 2009 (Click here for Electric Literature’s “trailer”) ONE TIME on a talk show, before he made the change in his comedy, the…
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2984 words)

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Beyond the Matrix

On the monitor screen, Tom Hanks’s eyes, in extreme closeup, flickered through a complicated sequence of emotions: hatred, fear, anger, doubt. “Cut!” Lana Wachowski shouted. The crew on Stage 9 at…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 10, 2012
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1025 words)

Why Read the Classics?

Let us begin with a few suggested definitions. 1) The classics are the books of which we usually hear people say: I am rereading and never I am reading . This at least happens among those who…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 9, 1986
LENGTH: 1 minutes (303 words)

Marathon Man

ABSTRACT: A REPORTER AT LARGE about Kip Litton, a Michigan dentist who has been accused of repeatedly cheating in marathons and other distance-running events. In July, 2010, Kyle Strode, a…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 6, 2012
LENGTH: 2 minutes (517 words)

Daniel Voll on Life After the Rodney King Riots

Originally published in the May 2012 issue The black circus is dark and smoky and magic. And it is loud and it is black. The ringleader, Casual Cal, is black, and he's got a black midget sidekick,…
PUBLISHED: May 17, 2002
LENGTH: 39 minutes (9949 words)

American Mozart

So here is the president of the United States, enjoying canapés and small talk at Daniel, chef Daniel Boulud’s gourmet restaurant just off Park Avenue, with the right touch of…
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1951 words)
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