Show Notes
Joining us in the studio:
Dave Coleman brings his lifelong love of baseball to HUSH to discuss The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O’Neil’s America by Joe Posnanski. We chat about the positive influence of Buck O’Neil’s life on other people, O’Neil’s passion for promoting the Negro Leagues, Posnanski’s skill and talent as a storyteller and writer, and how talking about baseball connects us all.
Dave said, “There is an old saying about sports, ‘sports build a person’s character.’ I agree with that statement, but want to take a step further and say that sports not only builds a person’s character, it also reveals one’s character. As Posnanski writes about his travels with O’Neil, each page is another lesson in a life well lived.”
Almost mentioned:
- Ken Burns’ documentary Baseball
- Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella
- 2Book Topeka community reading program and events
- Joe Posnanski’s writing
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Lissa Staley
Lissa Staley helps people use the library. She is a Book Evangelist, Trivia Emcee, Classics Made Modern book discussion leader, NaNoWriMo Municipal Liaison, and frequent library customer. She loves her kids, being a librarian, living in Topeka, and helping people form connections and community. (She's the Community Connections Librarian!) She reads a new book every few days, but is enjoying the audiobook of "Empress of Forever" by Max Gladstone, the ebook "When We Were Magic" by Sarah Gailey and is eagerly awaiting John Scalzi's "The Last Emperox" in April!