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A review by katellison
The Most Fun Thing: Dispatches from a Skateboard Life by Kyle Beachy
4.0
really enjoyed the essays that braided reflections on skateboarding with personal narrative and literary criticism. i am a sucker for a dfw essay and beachy's skating in the midwest/ pale king piece works.
also loved the essays on Verso and Dylan. that are basically critical analyses of skate parts - maybe this writing exists elsewhere, but this is the first time i've encountered it, and they gave me quite a thrill.
just learned on ig that grand central opted not to give this a paperback release. major party foul!
though the collection is a little uneven and i'd edit out a few of the less rigorous recycled blog chapters, it still rips enough to deserve a softcover run.
also loved the essays on Verso and Dylan. that are basically critical analyses of skate parts - maybe this writing exists elsewhere, but this is the first time i've encountered it, and they gave me quite a thrill.
just learned on ig that grand central opted not to give this a paperback release. major party foul!
though the collection is a little uneven and i'd edit out a few of the less rigorous recycled blog chapters, it still rips enough to deserve a softcover run.