Brin-Jonathan Butler
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Brin-Jonathan Butler | |
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| Born | 1979 |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Nationality | American |
Brin-Jonathan Butler (born 1979) is a freelance journalist, Amazon interviewer, and award-winning documentary filmmaker. His work has been published in The Classical,[1] The Rumpus[2], Harper's, The Daily Beast, Vice, ESPN The Magazine, The Paris Review, The Huffington Post and Salon.com.[3] His book A Cuban Boxer's Journey was published 2014. The Domino Diaries was be published in 2015.
Butler has a forthcoming documentary film, Split-Decision, examining Cuban-American relations.[4]
Butler is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and PEN America.[citation needed]
Butler is also a member of Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, a respected international boxing rankings organization that was formed in 2012.[5]
Publications
Books
A Cuban Boxer's Journey: Guillermo Rigondeaux, from Castro's Traitor to American Champion, 2014, Picador:[6] a biography on Guillermo Rigondeaux
The Domino Diaries: My Decade Boxing with Olympic Champions and Chasing Hemingway's Ghost in the Last Days of Castro's Cuba, 2015, Picador:[7] a memoir of time in Cuba living and training with Olympic boxing coaches. The Domino Diaries was on The Boston Globe's list of Best Books of 2015[8] and was shortlisted for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing in 2016.[9]
The Grandmaster: Magnus Carlsen and the Match That Made Chess Great Again, 2018, Simon & Schuster [10]
Kindle Singles
Errol Morris: The Kindle Singles Interview, 2015 [11]
Mike Tyson: The Kindle Singles Interview, 2014 [12]
Articles
- What More Could Have Angulo Given Us? [13]
- Donaire-Rigondeaux Full of Promises [14]
- This Way Out: Inside the High Paced Underground Economy of Smuggling Champion Boxers [15]
- Donaire-Rigondeaux Full of Promise [14]
- Requiem for a Welterweight [19]
- Training Pampered Motherfuckers: Eric Kelly Schools the 1% [20]
- Gold in the Mud [21]
- Hero's for Sale: The Agony of the Cuban Athlete [22]
- After the Fall: 25 Years after Mike Tyson lost to Buster Douglas, why do we still have sympathy for the devil? [23]
- "Mayweather vs Pacquiao: The Poison Oasis" [24]
- The Horrors of Staying in Touch on Facebook [25]
- Hurricane Carter's Obituary
References
- ^ "The Happiest Man in the World". theclassical.org.
- ^ "Tourist Information". The Rumpus.net.
- ^ "Brin-Jonathan Butler's Sportswriter Profile". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on 2012-08-09. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
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- ^ "MEMBERS Transnational Boxing Rankings Board". tbrb.org. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- ^ "Amazon.com: A Cuban Boxer's Journey: Guillermo Rigondeaux, from Castro's Traitor to American Champion (Kindle Single) eBook: Brin-Jonathan Butler: Kindle Store". amazon.com.
- ^ "Amazon.com: The Domino Diaries: My Decade Boxing with Olympic Champions and Chasing Hemingway's Ghost in the Last Days of Castro's Cuba (9781250043702): Brin-Jonathan Butler: Books". amazon.com.
- ^ "The best books of 2015 - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ "2016 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing | PEN American Center". www.pen.org. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ "Amazon.com: The Grandmaster: Magnus Carlsen and the Match That Made Chess Great Again: Brin-Jonathan Butler: Books". amazon.com.
- ^ "Amazon.com: Errol Morris: The Kindle Singles Interview : Brin-Jonathan Butler: Books". amazon.com.
- ^ "Amazon.com: Mike Tyson: The Kindle Singles Interview: Brin-Jonathan Butler: Books". amazon.com.
- ^ "What more could Angulo have given us?". ESPN.com.
- ^ a b "Nonito Donaire-Guillermo Rigondeaux promises all fans want in a fight". ESPN.com.
- ^ "The high-priced underground economy of smuggling champion Cuban boxers - ESPN The Magazine". ESPN.com.
- ^ Brin-Jonathan Butler. "Sparring with Mike Tyson". salon.com.
- ^ Brin-Jonathan Butler. "The way we left Cuba". salon.com.
- ^ Brin-Jonathan Butler. "Cuba's forgotten champ". salon.com.
- ^ Brin-Jonathan Butler. "Requiem for a welterweight". SBNation.com. Vox Media.
- ^ Brin-Jonathan Butler. "Training pampered motherf---ers". SBNation.com. Vox Media.
- ^ Brin-Jonathan Butler and Kurt Emhoff. "Gold In the Mud". SBNation.com. Vox Media.
- ^ Brin-Jonathan Butler. "Héroes for Sale". SBNation.com. Vox Media.
- ^ Brin-Jonathan Butler. "After the Fall". SBNation.com. Vox Media.
- ^ sbnation. com/a/pacquiao-mayweather-fight Archived October 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Horrors of Staying in Touch on Facebook". VICE.
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