{"product_id":"a-sports-odyssey-my-ithaca-journal-hardcover","title":"A Sports Odyssey: My Ithaca Journal - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGrant Farred\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrant Farred has long had a passionate connection with sports. In \u003ci\u003eA Sports Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, he weaves together an account of his own sports fandom that is profoundly personal and universal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As readers of his \u003ci\u003eLong Distance Love\u003c\/i\u003e know, Grant Farred has been a supporter of the English Premier League club, Liverpool Football Club, for decades. His fandom for that team launched an unexpected connection with a world beyond the limits of the apartheid state of his upbringing in South Africa. However, \u003ci\u003eA Sports Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e shows that as Farred's fervor for Liverpool ended, he developed a new set of sports attachments in Ithaca, New York: to his son's youth basketball career, to the men's basketball team at Cornell University and its coach, and even to professional teams like the New York Knicks. Farred's bemusement at finding himself a sports parent, a New Yorker, and a company man, only underline the sincerity of his affections. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eA Sports Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, Farred writes elegantly and eloquently about how sports and sports fandom create a sense of belonging, but also loss. This is a heartfelt examination of how we find \"home\" in who and what we love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the series \u003ci\u003eSporting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrant Farred\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eLong Distance Love: A Passion for Football\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Burden of Over-representation: Race, Sport, and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Perversity of Gratitude: An Apartheid Education\u003c\/i\u003e; and the editor of \u003ci\u003eAfricana Studies: Theoretical Futures\u003c\/i\u003e (all Temple).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45575040008294,"sku":"9781439926949","price":148.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Ajm_CYKzLf9781439926949.webp?v=1777524632","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/a-sports-odyssey-my-ithaca-journal-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}