Fail Better - by Mark Kingwell (Paperback)

About the Book

A smart, accessible look into the philosophy of baseball, with a focus on its lessons for a life best lived.

Book Synopsis

A smart, accessible look into the philosophy of baseball, with a focus on its lessons for a life best lived.

Review Quotes

"Mark Kingwell is a beautiful writer, a lucid thinker and a patient teacher ...His insights are intellectual anchors in a fast-changing world."--Naomi Klein

"[Mark Kingwell] illuminates on almost every page. "--Los Angeles Times

"Kingwell's musings on angling inevitably lead to in-depth essays on the inherent nature of and reasoning for various aspects of fishing, such as casting, killing, patience, and outdoorsmanship. . . . [Catch and Release is] filled with a sense of joy and awe."--Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Mark Kingwell is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto and a contributing editor of Harper's Magazine in New York. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books of political, cultural and aesthetic theory, including the national bestsellers Better Living (1998), The World We Want (2000), Concrete Reveries (2008), and Glenn Gould (2009). In addition to many scholarly articles, his writing has appeared in more than 40 mainstream magazines and newspapers. His most recent books are the essay collections Unruly Voices (2012) and Measure Yourself Against the Earth (2015).