Jayhawker - On History, Home, and Basketball

Jayhawker is an inquiry into obsession, an attempt to understand why the author loves basketball, which moves beyond the sport to examine the significant role history and place play in his relationship to the game.

About the author

Andrew Malan Milward was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and raised in Lawrence, Kansas. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he is the author of two short story collections, The Agriculture Hall of Fame and I Was a Revolutionary. His fiction has appeared in many venues, including Zoetrope, American Short Fiction, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Southern Review, Guernica, and Best New American Voices and has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award. He is an assistant professor of English at the University of Kentucky.

Summary

In a book that begins with one fan's passion for a game, Andrew Malan Milward takes a deep dive into sports culture, team loyalty, and a shared sense of belonging - and what these have to do with character, home, and history.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Malan Milward
• Publisher: University Press Of Kansas
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9780700628674
• ISBN: 978-0-7006-2867-4
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous