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Tag Archives: The Art of Fielding
P&P Reading Club: Adam Webb on P&P Reading Club: Adam Webb on The Art of Fielding: The Final Chapters
Find more of Adam at Everyday Footnotes. There are many criteria we can use to judge a novel: our emotional investment in the characters, the ferocity of the drama, our remembrances of the book weeks, months, years later. Somehow each … Continue reading
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P&P Reading Club: Patrick Dubuque on The Art of Fielding Finale
(Author’s Note: this article has nothing to do with Game 6 of the World Series. For that, I apologize.) Right around the time our reading club got underway, I began my tenure at a local high school as a student … Continue reading
P&P Reading Club: Ted Walker on The Art of Fielding Chapters 53-72
For most of this book, Henry Skrimshander was the quiet fulcrum around which a group of vibrant characters wheeled, projecting onto his country frame their anxieties and insecurities. Henry, for his part, played the wall. Speaking little, affecting nothing, his … Continue reading
P&P Reading Club: Patrick Dubuque on The Art of Fielding Chapters 53-72
I first read Siddhartha in my mid-twenties, the perfect time. I had performed all the necessary rites: earned my useless liberal arts degree, failing classes and writing awful songs for the guitar. I had lived overseas and returned; I found … Continue reading
P&P Reading Club: Dayn Perry on The Art of Fielding Chapters 18 – 33
Dayn Perry is a senior writer at NotGraphs and skilled Reggie Jackson biographer. My thoughts on Phase Two of the novel that binds us? I have little to add that hasn’t already been laid out on these pages by previous, … Continue reading
P&P Reading Club: Adam Webb on The Art of Fielding Chapters 18 – 33
Find more of Adam at Everyday Footnotes. These pages are packed with charm and dread. I loved the Westish Harpooners playing High School or Prison from the bus. Pella’s over-thought panic over whether or not to clean Schwartz’s dishes was … Continue reading
P&P Reading Club: Megan Wells on The Art of Fielding Chapters 18 – 33
Find more of Megan Wells at Around the Horn from Aerys Sports. Well. Quite a bit has happened since our last check-in on this literary odyssey. Destruction and creation, mostly – relationships forming between O and Affenlight, Schwartzy and Pella. … Continue reading
P&P Reading Club: Ted Walker on The Art of Fielding Chapters 18-33
As the carefully built structure that Henry Skrimshander has committed his life to fortifying against disorder systematically caves in on itself, our anxiety-ridden shortstop seeks solace in the ritualistic circular walk around the deck of the ferry, in the prescription … Continue reading
P&P Reading Club: Patrick Dubuque on The Art of Fielding Chapters 18-33
I have a hard time with modern novels. In a comment last week, Carson noted that he is “largely prejudiced against books in which characters have ‘emotional problems’ and in which they make ‘poor life decisions.’” I tend to feel … Continue reading
P&P Reading Club: Megan Wells on The Art of Fielding Chapters 1 -17
Find more of Megan Wells at Around the Horn from Aerys Sports. Despite finding the initial pacing a little strange, I’m enjoying The Art of Fielding. My biggest difficulty, though, has been finding a character to identify with. Schwartz, who … Continue reading