Brin-Jonathan Butler
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Brin-Jonathan Butler | |
|---|---|
 Brin-Jonathan Butler (left) with Cuban boxer Guillermo Rigondeaux | |
| Born | 1979 |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Nationality | Canadian[1] |
Brin-Jonathan Butler (born 1979) is a freelance journalist, Amazon interviewer, filmmaker and host of the podcast Tourist Information.[2] His work has been published in The Classical,[3] The Rumpus[4], Harper's, The Daily Beast, Vice, ESPN The Magazine, The Paris Review, The Huffington Post and Salon.com.[5] His book A Cuban Boxer's Journey was published 2014. The Domino Diaries was published in 2015. The Grandmaster: Magnus Carlsen and the Match That Made Chess Great Again was published in 2018 and longlisted for the 2020 RBC Taylor Prize.[6]
Butler has a forthcoming documentary film, Split-Decision, examining Cuban–American relations.[7]
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.[8]
Publications
Books
A Cuban Boxer's Journey: Guillermo Rigondeaux, from Castro's Traitor to American Champion, 2014, Picador:[9] 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:[10] 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[11] and was shortlisted for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing in 2016.[12]
The Grandmaster: Magnus Carlsen and the Match That Made Chess Great Again, 2018, Simon & Schuster. Longlisted for the 2020 RBC Taylor Prize.[13][14]
Kindle Singles
Errol Morris: The Kindle Singles Interview, 2015 [15]
Mike Tyson: The Kindle Singles Interview, 2014 [16]
Articles
- What More Could Have Angulo Given Us? [17]
- Donaire-Rigondeaux Full of Promises [18]
- This Way Out: Inside the High Paced Underground Economy of Smuggling Champion Boxers [19]
- Donaire-Rigondeaux Full of Promise [18]
- Requiem for a Welterweight [23]
- Training Pampered Motherfuckers: Eric Kelly Schools the 1% [24]
- Gold in the Mud [25]
- Hero's for Sale: The Agony of the Cuban Athlete [26]
- After the Fall: 25 Years after Mike Tyson lost to Buster Douglas, why do we still have sympathy for the devil? [27]
- "Mayweather vs Pacquiao: The Poison Oasis" [28]
- The Horrors of Staying in Touch on Facebook [29]
- Hurricane Carter's Obituary
References
- ^ Butler, Brin-Jonathan (2015). The Domino Diaries: My Decade Boxing with Olympic Champions and Chasing Hemingway's Ghost in the Last Days of Castro's Cuba. Macmillan. ISBN 9781250043702.
- ^ "Tourist Information podcast: Mike Sager". The Ring. 2020-05-22. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "/R E P E A T -- RBC Taylor Prize 2020 Longlist Revealed/". Benzinga. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
- ^ S. L. Price
- ^ "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. 3 June 2014.
- ^ Butler, Brin-Jonathan (9 June 2015). 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. ISBN 978-1250043702.
- ^ "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. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ "/R E P E A T -- RBC Taylor Prize 2020 Longlist Revealed/". Benzinga. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
- ^ Amazon.com: The Grandmaster: Magnus Carlsen and the Match That Made Chess Great Again: Brin-Jonathan Butler: Books. 13 November 2018.
- ^ Amazon.com: Errol Morris: The Kindle Singles Interview : Brin-Jonathan Butler: Books.
- ^ Amazon.com: Mike Tyson: The Kindle Singles Interview: Brin-Jonathan Butler: Books.
- ^ "What more could Angulo have given us?". ESPN.com. 9 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Nonito Donaire-Guillermo Rigondeaux promises all fans want in a fight". ESPN.com. 3 April 2013.
- ^ "The high-priced underground economy of smuggling champion Cuban boxers - ESPN The Magazine". ESPN.com. 7 February 2014.
- ^ Brin-Jonathan Butler (9 August 2012). "Sparring with Mike Tyson". salon.com.
- ^ Brin-Jonathan Butler (31 December 2012). "The way we left Cuba". salon.com.
- ^ Brin-Jonathan Butler (8 September 2012). "Cuba's forgotten champ". salon.com.
- ^ Brin-Jonathan Butler (20 November 2013). "Requiem for a welterweight". SBNation.com. Vox Media.
- ^ Brin-Jonathan Butler (15 January 2013). "Training pampered motherf---ers". SBNation.com. Vox Media.
- ^ Brin-Jonathan Butler and Kurt Emhoff (12 March 2014). "Gold In the Mud". SBNation.com. Vox Media.
- ^ Brin-Jonathan Butler (10 June 2014). "Héroes for Sale". SBNation.com. Vox Media.
- ^ Brin-Jonathan Butler (11 February 2015). "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. 18 September 2012.
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