Lest we forget: Roger Angell

November 23, 2022

Yes, the legendary baseball writer for The New Yorker died last May, but Nicholas Dawidoff (The Catcher Was a Spy, The Crowd Sounds Happy, Baseball: A Literary Anthology) pays tribute in this recent posting on The Atlantic. deeming Angell to be “the finest writer ever to turn his consistent attention to baseball.”

Why this piece now? Perhaps as an homage: “Among Angell’s most celebrated articles were his annual November reflections on the season past. ”

Here’s what I posted about Angell at the time of his passing. And here’s a Bookshelf Conversation with Dawidoff. Sadly, I never had the chance to chat with Angell.

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