{"product_id":"take-me-out-paperback-1","title":"Take Me Out - 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\u003eBill Littlefield\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStephen Coren\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBill Littlefield plays games even as he writes about them, or talks about them on his nationally syndicated NPR radio program, \u003ci\u003eOnly a Game\u003c\/i\u003e. He unabashedly versifies not for profit, or a championship cup, but for fun. He makes no bones about it: these verses are doggerel. From mumblety-peg to the Olympics, from the bedrooms of aspiring nine-year-olds to the boardrooms of sports executives, his imagination and playfulness illuminate the rings, rinks, fields, and frustrations of sports and games.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat Racers Do\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRacers race. That's what they do, \u003cbr\u003eAnd they are fast, and noisy, too.\u003cbr\u003e(Of quiet they are quite bereft, \u003cbr\u003eDriving fast and turning left.)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThrough headphones, as they speed along, \u003cbr\u003eThey hear instructions like a song\u003cbr\u003eScreeching in the treble clef: \u003cbr\u003eKeep driving fast and turning left \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrecisely where it had begun, \u003cbr\u003eThe race will end. It will be won, \u003cbr\u003eFor someone opposite of last\u003cbr\u003eKept turning left and driving fast.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is it about rhyme? Whatever it is, we fall in love with it (if ever) early in life: as soon as we learn to talk, or probably sooner. The same can be said about love for sports. By bringing together these two forms of attachment, the clever Littlefield reminds us that poetry and sports, at a level deeper than their different kinds of grandiosity, both have roots in childhood pleasures.--\u003cb\u003eFormer Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile we confidently expect children to delight in them, we offer them for adults. \u003ci\u003eTake Me Out\u003c\/i\u003e takes us out to the ball game, to the chess match, to the squash court, in rain and shine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBILL LITTLEFIELD\u003c\/b\u003e is the host of NPR and WBUR's sports show, \u003ci\u003eOnly a Game\u003c\/i\u003e, which is syndicated to some 200 public radio stations around the country. The author of several books on sports, two novels and two collections of his radio and magazine commentaries, he is writer-in-residence at Currey College, where he teaches one course each semester. A graduate of Yale University and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Littlefield began broadcasting sports commentary on WBUR (Boston) in 1984. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEPHEN COREN\u003c\/b\u003e is a graphic designer, artist, web developer and video producer who lives in the Boston area.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBILL LITTLEFIELD is the host of NPR and WBUR's sports show, Only a Game, which is syndicated to some 200 public radio stations around the country. The author of several books on sports, two novels and two collections of his radio and magazine commentaries, he is writer-in-residence at Currey College, where he teaches one course each semester. A graduate of Yale University and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Littlefield began broadcasting sports commentary on WBUR (Boston) in 1984. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSTEPHEN COREN is a graphic designer, artist, web developer and video producer who lives in the Boston area.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 92\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47351665328377,"sku":"9781938890093","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/UUdnejdiK3ZFMExGQXZUdVpBYjd2Zz09_d8534352-c2b6-4857-975f-291c69b6ba02.webp?v=1769800738","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/take-me-out-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}