{"product_id":"football-paperback","title":"Football - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Yakich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIan Bogost\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Schaberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen is the \"beautiful game\" at its most beautiful? How does football function as a lens through which so many view their daily lives? What's right in front of fans that they never see? \u003ci\u003eFootball\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates and scrutinizes the world's most popular sport-from top-tier professionals to children just learning the game. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs an American who began playing football in the 1970s as it gained a foothold in the States, Mark Yakich reflects on his own experiences alongside the sport's social and political implications, its narrative and documentary depictions, and its linguistic idiosyncrasies. Illustrating how football can be at once absolutely vital and \"only a game,\" this book will be surprising and insightful for the casual and diehard fan alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Yakich\u003c\/b\u003e is the Gregory F. Curtin, S.J. Distinguished Professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans, USA, where he has been editor of \u003ci\u003eNew Orleans Review \u003c\/i\u003esince 2012. He is the author of the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eUnrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting to Cross\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Peeling Potatoes in Ukraine \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), and \u003ci\u003eSpiritual Exercises \u003c\/i\u003e(2019); a novel, \u003ci\u003eA Meaning for Wife \u003c\/i\u003e(2011); and a guide to reading and writing poems \u003ci\u003ePoetry: A Survivor's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 6.46 x 4.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334337958125,"sku":"9781501367069","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/yfM8iw0xmZ9781501367069.webp?v=1785010260","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/football-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}