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March 25, 2008
An Innocent At Rinkside.: William Faulkner goes to a hockey game in 1955; hilarity ensues.
Not necessarily. There's a ton of cool stuff in those archives, and we'll be finding things in there for a while yet. A backlink is enough. Faulkner is one of the half-dozen greatest writers I've ever read, and that piece was a very intriguing little treat. The game really unsettled him a bit, which I find fascinating. This is very good.
posted by chicobangs at 10:06 AM on March 25, 2008
I love how SI used to get top notch, non-sporty writers and have them write articles for the magazine. Or do they still do that? I would love to see William T. Vollman write about the Superbowl or Michael Muhammad Knight write about Kentucky Derby. (I know SI had Hunter Thompson write about those same events.)
posted by NoMich at 10:26 AM on March 25, 2008
I wonder if Hemingway, a northern machito and a direct stylistic rival to the genteel southerner that Faulkner ultimately was, ever caught any Blackhawks games. They weren't around in his childhood, but as even a young adult, they'd have been very much around, and hockey would have been right in his wheelhouse. (He spent some time in Toronto early in his writing career too. He had to have caught a few games.) I wonder if he ever wrote anything about it.
posted by chicobangs at 03:40 PM on March 25, 2008
Dang it, I'm just now noticing this thread. My FPP should probably go in there. Sorry, admins!