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SEEING SERENA
SEEING SERENA is a riveting portrait of Serena Williams, cultural icon and the greatest women's tennis player of all time.
SEEING SERENA is an up-close chronicle of Serena Williams' attempt to come back to tennis after giving birth to her daughter, and a cultural analysis of the most consequential female athlete of her time. It examines who she is, on and off the court. The author shadows her through her 2019 season, from Melbourne and the Australian Open, to Roland-Garros and Wimbledon, and the US Open.
The book explores where she has come from, and where she looks to be headed. It mixes sports reportage and essayistic reflection, interviews and travel writing, all to illuminate Williams' singular status as the greatest women's tennis player of all time and - in our moment when race and gender are charged topics - a pop icon like no other. It's a book for readers who want to know more and think harder about Serena, and the first serious evaluation of any kind of a woman who changed tennis and has been an influence beyond the game.
Gerald Marzorati is the author of Late to the Ball, a memoir about tennis and aging. He writes regularly about tennis for the New Yorker.com. He was the editor of the New York Times Magazine from 2003-2010. He previously worked as an editor at the Soho News, Harper's Magazine, and the New Yorker. His writing has appeared in the New York Times and many other publications. His first book, A Painter of Darkness, won the PEN/Martha Albrand award for a first book of nonfiction.
The book explores where she has come from, and where she looks to be headed. It mixes sports reportage and essayistic reflection, interviews and travel writing, all to illuminate Williams' singular status as the greatest women's tennis player of all time and - in our moment when race and gender are charged topics - a pop icon like no other. It's a book for readers who want to know more and think harder about Serena, and the first serious evaluation of any kind of a woman who changed tennis and has been an influence beyond the game.
Gerald Marzorati is the author of Late to the Ball, a memoir about tennis and aging. He writes regularly about tennis for the New Yorker.com. He was the editor of the New York Times Magazine from 2003-2010. He previously worked as an editor at the Soho News, Harper's Magazine, and the New Yorker. His writing has appeared in the New York Times and many other publications. His first book, A Painter of Darkness, won the PEN/Martha Albrand award for a first book of nonfiction.
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Published 2021-06-15 by Scribner |