Noah Farberman w/ Death of a Greaseboy

Midtown Reader invites you to an evening with English PhD candidate Noah Farberman as he discusses his new book, Death of a Greaseboy, with FSU professor L. Lamar Wilson. 

ABOUT THE BOOK

After over 30 years of silence, legendary Greaseboy pusher Ira Robinson is telling his side of the final game that took the lives of his father and best friend, fellow Greasy Beauties pusher Samuel Goldman. While the Greaseboy Federation insists no wrongdoing, it also obfuscates the deaths of four thousand ballmen lost as part of "normal gameplay." But how can four thousand drowning deaths be normal?

Robinson and former Greaseboy Federation public relations representative Noah Farberman present documents from the lifespan of Greaseboy, from early development to modern changes. Whether you were there for the first seasons of Greaseboy, a casual watcher, or a parent of a high school player, The Death of Greaseboy is a crucial read at a turning point for the sport.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Noah Farberman (no relation) is an academically minded gamer, TV consumer, and ice cream lover. He has a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from University of King’s College in Halifax, an Honours Bachelors in creative writing from the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus, and an honours diploma in Comedy Writing and Performance from Humber College. Noah currently resides in Florida where he is completing his English PhD at Florida State University. Noah's first novella is being released with Archive of the Odd Press and will be his greasiest novella.

ABOUT L. LAMAR WILSON

L. Lamar Wilson is an Affrilachian writer of multiethnic descent. He holds an MFA from Virginia Tech and a PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. L. Lamar Wilson's poems have appeared in African American Review, Callaloo, jubilat, Los Angeles Review, The 100 Best African American Poems, and other journals and anthologies.