Featuring Books by Dave Zirin, Claudia Rankine, Kathryn Jezer-Morton, and More
From the hard, hard courts of professional tennis to the mean screens of social media to the life and times of an iconic indie rock songwriter, this month has something for everyone.
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Matthew Futterman, The Cruelest Game
Even the most casual sports fan understands that tennis is among the most punishing of athletic pursuits. While physically grueling it is the mental side of the game that takes the biggest toll on players, its hundreds of stops and starts creating near-infinite space for (self-induced) pressure to build—and break. Long-time tennis journalist Matthew Futterman uses unprecedented access to explore how the sport’s biggest stars overcome (and occasionally succumb to) the unavoidable stress of playing big-time tennis.
