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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Beatbox virtuosity
If you’ve checked out “The Hustle,” you know that beatboxing of the old-school, Fat Boys style makes an early appearance. Little did we know that someday the form would evolve to these extremes, or this amount of respectability: Some French … Continue reading
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Video of launch, some radio stuff
The Seattle Channel filmed the January 5 launch event that featured several guys from the team as well as Willie McClain and Randy Finley. You can watch it here: http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=5211102 Also, here are links to a couple MLK Day radio … Continue reading
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Book is launched!
Thanks to everyone who came out Wednesday night (more than 400 people!) to the Town Hall event in Seattle. Coach Willie McClain called it an “unforgettable night,” and I have to agree. The Seattle Channel will broadcast and also put … Continue reading
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“Provides remarkable insight into the fortunes and misfortunes of the ten kids who shared a court but never a dream…This book, both memoir and social analysis, is an essential read as a recent social history and personal story of America.” … Continue reading
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“An essential read”
Terrific review in Library Journal: Expecting a conventional basketball book? Look elsewhere. Although the central focus is ten members of a biracial boys basketball team, freelance journalist Merlino, in his first book, is writing about race relations and the changing … Continue reading
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“By reminding readers that questions of race and social mobility are at bottom really questions about what kind of people are granted what sort of life opportunities, The Hustle allows us to see our often recursive and overheated debates over … Continue reading
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“Is history really destiny? Is integration a chimera, more designed to make us feel good than to achieve real equality? Merlino, to his credit, spends much of his 290-page book opening and then reopening this Pandora’s Box of questions.” – … Continue reading
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“A Courtside Seat”
A thoughtful write-up of “The Hustle” in the Seattle Times.
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