DAVE ZIRIN
Wednesday, October 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Avenue

Co-presented with the TOWN HALL CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE. A writer who brings sports and political writing together like no other—to compelling ends—Dave Zirin, author of What's My Name, Fool?, Welcome to the Terrordome, and the online column, edgeofsports.com, is here with his newest, A People's History of Sports in the United States (The New Press). Published as part of the New Press People's History series, edited by Howard Zinn, this is a rousing history of sports unlike any written to date. "Like Dave Zirin himself, A People's History of Sports in unique, provocative, and indispensable. [It's] a masterpiece of activist journalism and scholarship. Zirin proves again that he is an agitator with a cause." – Jeremy Schaap. "Dave Zirin is indeed a voice of the people—this is an independent-minded, rowdy, rampant, insightful, and, above all, truthful book." – Sally Jenkins. $5 tickets are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 1-800-838-3006, or at the door starting at 6:30 p.m. Town Hall members receive seating priority. Town Hall Seattle is located at 1119 Eighth Avenue (entry on Seneca). For more information on this evening, please call Elliott Bay at (206) 624-6600, Town Hall Seattle at (206) 652-4255, or see www.townhallseattle.org.

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