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A collection of the best essays from the first four years of Racquet, a magazine dedicated to the countercultural, underground and untold stories of tennis.
How should tennis smell? What’s the deal with Andre Agassi’s private jet? What can a professional tennis player learn from Philip Roth? Why is tennis important in Lolita? How was Arthur Ashe like Muhammad Ali? How did the Iowa Lawn Tennis Club come to be?
These are just some of questions answered in Racquet: The Book, as it breaks through the tightly controlled messaging of the athletes, the corporate glean of the major tournaments, and the all-white attire of the country-club scene to represent the latent, diverse, and large constituency of tennis that has not been embraced by the sport writ large.
“Racquet mag has that feeling of a Labor Of Love. In that way It reminds me of self printed xeroxed music fanzines from the 90s. But the layout, graphics, photography betray a sense of style, and a knowledge of magazines from the art/fashion realm. I like the cultish extreme vibe of Racquet — if tennis is your ‘kink’ you will relate to this mag.”
“I love Racquet‘s in-depth variety of stories across all elements of our sport.”
“Absolutely thrilling.”
