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Howard Bryant is the author of many, many books, most recently Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original (Mariner Books).
It’s a tremendous books, one that delves into the life of the great lead-off hitter Rickey Henderson and puts his life into context, builds a world around Rickey.
Howard is the author of The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron, Full Dissidence: Notes from an Uneven Playing Field, and The Heritage, among many others. He has covered baseball for many years, is a senior writer for ESPN, and is a contributor to NPR’s Weekend Edition. He also was the 2017 guest editor for Best American Sports Writing.
You’re going to love this conversation on Rickey Henderson, but also the art of writing biography, lobbying sources to be part of the book, and how it’s the stories that get repeated that are the ones that stick around. This speaks to how easily people are forgotten.
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