This week’s guest is Glenn Stout, who you’ll know best as the series editor of the annual Best American Sportswriting anthology.
\n\nGlenn tells us his simple principle for putting pieces forward for inclusion in the anthology, along with giving plenty of nuts-and-bolts advice for writers and editors, be they aspiring or established.
\n\nGiven his role with the anthology, there’s few better on the planet to recommend some great pieces - and he didn’t disappoint.
\n\nThe stand-out is a piece by JR Moehringer called Resurrecting The Champ. It’s quite the journey, so we recommend reading it before listening to a spoiler-heavy chat.
\n\nThere’s also a lovely column by LA Times’ Bill Plaschke about a meeting with a remarkable reader; the 19th-century baseball poem which Glenn says set the template for the modern match report; and William Nack’s ode to Secretariat, called Pure Heart, which appeared in a 1990 edition of Sports Illustrated.
\n\nGet in touch with the show - behindthelines@the42.ie.
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