#on boxing

[twoam-whodoyoulove]

Considering whether @taylorswift might be an avid Joyce Carol Oates reader while listening to what she wrote...

Fighting with a true love

is boxing with no gloves

[constancevigilant]

Why are you a boxer, Irish featherweight champion Barry McGuigan was asked. He said: “I can’t be a poet. I can’t tell stories…” . . . Each boxing match is a story—a unique and highly condensed drama without words.

~from On Boxing, by Joyce Carol Oates

[aaronburch]

"All of a sudden...you try something and it works and you try something else and, just like that, it's like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle and everything fits into place. All of a sudden, for no reason, you've got it." —The Professional, W.C. Heinz ON WRITING

[irenemcgarrity]

Review: The Laughter of Strangers by Michael Seidlinger I opened this book expecting a gritty, tragic boxing story, similar to what I found in F.