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December 5, 2006
Field of Schemes
The Wall Street Journal's Joshua Prager exposed treachery and secrets in the heart of America's favorite pastime in The Echoing Green. He tells Gelf how he got one of baseball's biggest stories ever, responds to his critics, and exposes his lust for baseball memorabilia.
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December 4, 2006
Curt Flood's Tragic Fight
Brad Snyder, author of A Well-Paid Slave, tells Gelf how the legal fight for free agency has made baseball better, how he came to terms with the flaws of his book's hero, and why this fall's World Series was a publicity boon.
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December 4, 2006
A Suns 'Assistant Coach' Tells All
Sports Illustrated's Jack McCallum wrote a book about his season on the bench of the Phoenix Suns. He tells Gelf why Steve Nash's race didn't win him the MVP award, what he really thinks of Charles Barkley, and why he'd like to see an NBA team in Vegas.
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October 23, 2006
Taking on Ann Coulter
Joe Maguire wrote a book targeting the right-wing polemicist—and lost his job at Reuters as a result.
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August 26, 2006
Young Again
When I was a kid, I missed out on Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume. Better late than never.
Books
August 3, 2006
Deconstructing the 'Diamond Song'
Author Tom Zoellner talks to Gelf about his new book The Heartless Stone, in which he uncovers the PR campaign that has turned diamonds from mere rocks into potent symbols of love and power. He also talks about the future of diamond mining as it (hopefully) moves away from the battlefield and into the lab.
Sports
April 20, 2006
My Two Years With Barry Bonds
Jeff Pearlman talks to Gelf about his new biography of Barry Bonds, why book promotion can be fun, why he's drawn to baseball's fringe characters, and why the author shares in the blame for baseball's steroids scandal.
Books
March 19, 2006
Journey to 'Fantasyland'
Author Sam Walker tells Gelf about his obsessive ride through the fantasy-baseball scene.
Books
March 6, 2006
On The Apophallation Trail
David Strorm, the author of 'How Animals Have Sex,' talks to Gelf about the Argentine Lake Duck's enormous penis, turkey virgin births, and grabbing the spurious hipster demographic.
Books
March 5, 2006
Mindless Queues: The Ultimate Supervillain
Lego Batman, fetching Power Girl, endless lines, and more from Gelf's trip to New York's first big-time comic-book convention.
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