This week’s guest on Behind the Lines is Caitlin Thompson, co-founder and publisher of Racquet Magazine, a quarterly tennis publication.
\nRacquet has a more literary quality than most sport magazines, and that’s the thrust of our conversation, as we talk through work by David-Foster Wallace, Zadie Smith and film director Werner Herzog.
\nWe also talk tennis, and Maria Sharapova: what legacy does she leave? What came first: Sharapova the player, or Sharapova the brand? And, ultimately, is she happy?
\nAlso - why does nobody like Djokovic? And who really is the GOAT?
\nCaitlin’s picks are:
\nDerivative sport in tornado alley by David Foster Wallace\nThe (Re)selling of Maria Sharapova by Sarah Nicole Prickett\nFences: A Brexit Diary by Zadie Smith\nWerner Herzog has never thought a dog was cute by David Marchese \n
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