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Interviews and readings accompanying the 2008 University of Nebraska Press anthology of world soccer literature.
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China | ‘Penalty Phase,’ by Gay Talese (chapter 43)
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/2009/07/china-penalty-phase-by-gay-talese-chap-43/
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Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:10:19 +0000
John Turnbull
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/?p=522
Gay Talese refers to the setting at the Women's World Cup final on 10 Jul 99—the tableau of winning penalty-kick taker Brandi Chastain mobbed by teammates in a swirl of confetti and California sun—as a "stadium sky jet-streamed with jingoism." But his interest was in the Chinese player who missed her penalty kick, Liu Ying. Liu's story takes up much of Talese's memoir, A Writer's Life. With podcast » (Photo of Talese © Joyce Tenneson)]]>
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Ukraine | ‘The Dynamo Team,’ by Anatoly Kuznetsov (chapter 38)
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/2009/06/ukraine-the-dynamo-team-by-anatoly-kuznetsov-chapter%c2%a038/
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Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:52:05 +0000
John Turnbull
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/?p=418
Anatoly Kuznetsov arrived at a London newspaper office, rolls of 35mm film concealed in his jacket, and declared political asylum from the former USSR. The film contained images of the uncensored manuscript for Babi Yar and what would become, when translated, one of the first English-language accounts of Dynamo Kyiv's deeds during World War II. (Image: Zenit Stadium on Kerosinnaya Street, Kyiv, 1942, courtesy fcdynamo.kiev.ua)]]>
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Translations | No último minuto (‘In the last minute’)
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/2009/02/translations-no-ultimo-minuto-%e2%80%98in-the-last-minute%e2%80%99/
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:59:34 +0000
Sérgio Sant'Anna
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/?p=344
Feb 25 | In honor of the recently concluded Carnaval, we publish a translation of a 1978 short story by Brazilian author Sérgio Sant'Anna. The goalkeeper's anxiety and his separation from fellows—motifs in football fiction—figure large: "The stadium explodes and I feel my own head bursting apart. ... I hear and see all that, but it’s like everything is very far away, without any relation to me."]]>
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Classroom resources | Playing a ‘cascarita’ with words
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/2009/01/classroom-resources-playing-a-cascarita-with-words/
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Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:00:45 +0000
Nimitz High School (Irving TX)
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/?p=300
cascarita—an informal, improvised game—with words instead of a football. (Jan 6)]]>
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The Writers’ League | Israeli trophy leads to ‘emptiness of the day after’
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/2008/12/the-writers-league-israeli-trophy-leads-to-emptiness-of-the-day-after/
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Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:06:35 +0000
John Turnbull
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/?p=280
Assaf Gavron, novelist, translator, editor and captain of a recently created team of Israeli writers. The team, with victories over England and Germany, lifted its first trophy, taking Gavron to the familiar day-after feeling of emptiness that resembles completion of a novel. (Dec 19)]]>
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The Writers’ League | For 3 days in Tel Aviv, football becomes more than metaphor
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/2008/12/the-writers-league-for-3-days-in-tel-aviv-football-becomes-more-than-metaphor/
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Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:06:43 +0000
John Turnbull
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/?p=267
May friendly against Germany in Berlin, during which novelist Assaf Gavron confirmed his intuition that Germans do not miss penalties. (Dec 12)]]>
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Translations | How ‘newspapers’ become ‘body bags’ when translating the global game
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/2008/11/how-newspapers-become-body-bags-while-translating-the-global-game/
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Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:34:01 +0000
John Turnbull
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/?p=236
The Global Game: Writers on Soccer translates from languages such as Slovenian, Farsi and Danish (as well as French, Spanish, Portuguese and numerous others), but, most important, it translates cultural practice from regions that regard soccer as a constituent element of everyday life. Thus, in chapter 12, the Argentine idiom ¡Tapalo con los diarios! becomes "Get him a body bag!" (Nov 25)]]>
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Peru | ‘Dreaming of Sunday Afternoons,’ by Giovanna Pollarolo (chapter 24)
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/2008/10/peru-dreaming-of-sunday-afternoons-by-giovanna-pollarolo-chapter-24/
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:30:32 +0000
John Turnbull
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/?p=186
Giovanna Pollarolo's experiences growing up in Tacna, Peru, as the daughter of Italian immigrants. Certainly the text represents weekend routine—including the present, with television or online streaming substituting for radio—in vast portions of Latin America. As family lunch concludes the father "lies in bed barefoot ... / the radio at full volume / Mom irons and grumbles."
The football is on.]]>
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Denmark | ‘The Orb,’ by Klaus Rifbjerg (chapter 1)
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/2008/10/the-orb-by-klaus-rifbjerg-denmark/
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Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:18:50 +0000
Thom Satterlee
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/?p=4
Thom Satterlee originally titled this poem "The Sphere" before deciding that "The Orb" communicated a more mystical, humorous quality.]]>
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USA | ‘The Soccer Moms—1996,’ by David Starkey (chapter 5)
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/2008/10/usa-david-starkey-%e2%80%98the-soccer-moms%e2%80%941996%e2%80%99-chapter%c2%a05/
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Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:23:37 +0000
John Turnbull
http://writers.theglobalgame.com/?p=96
David Starkey forecasts that the soccer moms, the imprecisely defined collection of swing voters who 12 years ago preferred Bill Clinton to Bob Dole, ultimately will “drive their minivans off into the twilit / hinterlands of demography.” But, with the 2008 election approaching, they are still hanging around.]]>
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