Mark Kram Jr. Honors His Father's Legacy Forwards and Backwards

With his palindromic name, Mark Kram Jr. shouldn't have to worry about forming a memorable identity as a writer. And yet, in a recent New York Times essay titled, "Bearing My Father's Byline," the author whose work has appeared in six editions of The Best American Sports Writing comes to terms with the fact that his name will always be associated with that of his late father, a legendary self-taught writer who contributed to Sports Illustrated, GQ, Esquire, and Playboy—even though junior actually had the name first.