Contributor
Ira Berkow
Ira Berkow has been a sports columnist and feature writer for The New York Times for 26 years. He shared a Pulitzer Prize for his feature story, The Minority Quarterback, in the series How Race is Lived in America. He was also a Pulitzer finalist for commentary. He is the author of 17 books, the most recent being a memoir, Full Swing: Hits, Runs and Errors in a Writer's Life. His biography of Red Smith, Red, which was a national best seller will be reissued this fall by Bison Books.
Recent Writing
What Future of Newspapers?
In the zany “contract” scene between Groucho and Chico Marx in “A Night at the Opera,” Groucho produces a pair of contracts that flow to the floor. He reads some supposed legalese— “party of the second part,” etc.—andIssue 31
Art and the sportswriter
Indeed, poets writing creative nonfiction have to learn a great many things; we have to learn how to breathe all over again. And while we encourage young poets to stray from the truth when writing, this is not because we are looking for fiction but because we want them to seek out the larger truth in the moment being described.Issue 42
Marvin Escapes Again
On a summer night many years ago, when I was 8 or 9, Cousin Marvin escaped from Great Lakes Veterans Hospital and found his way to his mother’s house on the west side of Chicago, some 35 miles south of where, essentially, he was incarcerated.Issue 26
