![]() ![]() I'm glad Jonathan brought up the sexism, because, well, it's pretty astounding (this from a guy writing next to the stripper pole at Deadspin HQ). Tommy Craggs "The Secret: A hopelessly banal point about chemistry and sacrifice." 12/10/09 at 12:00 ![]() Sam Anderson: Good-bye to the soul-searching, the Vonnegut references, the Iverson jokes. Ben Mathis-Lilley: We can’t knock Simmons as an overcompensating tourist in hip-hop culture. Tommy Craggs: Placing the NBA in the heart of a certain kind of white-bread Americana. Jonathan Lethem: Let me try a small stunt here. Sherman Alexie: The Last Great White American Player Syndrome? Bethlehem Shoals: I'm reluctantly raising an issue that could swallow up this discussion whole. Sam Anderson: I think Bill Simmons is a very good writer. ![]() Ben Mathis-Lilley: Some thoughts on the book's horrible sexism. Tommy Craggs: The Secret: A hopelessly banal point about chemistry and sacrifice. Jonathan Lethem: I felt starved for something booklike in this book-resembling object. Bethlehem Shoals: Simmons mistakes going too far, and wallowing in excess, for taking risks. Sherman Alexie: The genius of Simmons: He is an obsessive-compulsive basketball populist. Sam Anderson: The inconsistency drives me crazy. Sam Anderson: The wisdom, the blasphemy, the stripper anecdotes. ![]()
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