Background
Darcy Frey was born in the United States.
(It ought to be just a game, but basketball on the playgro...)
It ought to be just a game, but basketball on the playgrounds of Coney Island is much more than that — for many young men it represents their only hope of escape from a life of crime, poverty, and despair. In The Last Shot, Darcy Frey chronicles the aspirations of four of the neighborhood’s most promising players. What they have going for them is athletic talent, grace, and years of dedication. But working against them are woefully inadequate schooling, family circumstances that are often desperate, and the slick, brutal world of college athletic recruitment. Incisively and compassionately written, The Last Shot introduces us to unforgettable characters and takes us into their world with an intimacy seldom seen in contemporary journalism. The result is a startling and poignant expose of inner-city life and the big business of college basketball. It ought to be just a game, but basketball on the playgrounds of Coney Island is much more than that — for many young men it represents their only hope of escape from a life of crime, poverty, and despair. In The Last Shot, Darcy Frey chronicles the aspirations of four of the neighborhood’s most promising players. What they have going for them is athletic talent, grace, and years of dedication. But working against them are woefully inadequate schooling, family circumstances that are often desperate, and the slick, brutal world of college athletic recruitment. Incisively and compassionately written, The Last Shot introduces us to unforgettable characters and takes us into their world with an intimacy seldom seen in contemporary journalism. The result is a startling and poignant expose of inner-city life and the big business of college basketball.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618446710/?tag=2022091-20
1994
Darcy Frey was born in the United States.
Frey graduated from Oberlin College with Bachelor of Arts degree in 1984.
Frey began his career as a journalist, worked for business and law magazines following graduation, and he worked as a staff editor at Harper's for a year. Frey has published articles in New England Monthly, Rolling Stone, Harper's, and The New York Times Magazine. He was a contributing editor at Harper's and The New York Times Magazine
Frey is best known for his 1994 book The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball DreamsThe article was included in The Best American Essays 1994. He describes his writing as "narrative non-fiction".
In addition, Frey has taught literary nonfiction writing at the University of Chicago, Columbia University's Graduate Writing Program. Nowadays he is working as a Director of Creative Writing and Senior Lecturer on English of Harvard University.
(It ought to be just a game, but basketball on the playgro...)
1994
