Reading the Fights: The Best Writing about the Most Controversial of SportsJoyce Carol Oates, Daniel Halpern Fans of tough, hard-hitting prose and tough, hard-hitting men will find plenty to cheer about as the power and the passion, the poetry and the pain of big-time boxing explode on the page. The book is championship material! |
Contents
Ronald Levao READING THE FIGHTS | 1 |
Gerald Early THREE NOTES TOWARD A CULTURAL DEFI | 20 |
Ted Hoagland VIOLENCE VIOLENCE | 61 |
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