tennis: a lens
Tennis is the topic I write about most. Such is my sensibility that I see life too much like tennis and tennis too much like life – as reality, as metaphor, as culture, craft, texture, history. “It’s all now you see,” wrote William Faulkner. “Yesterday won’t be over until tomorrow and tomorrow began ten thousand years ago.”
Tennis is a lens through which I see the world. Across past and present, through time and place, space and grace, I’m fascinated by the struggles of individuals, how they pursue and define success, and how these people, places and pieces fit into a bigger tapestry. My quest is to weave it.
-Joel Drucker
books by joel
Jimmy Connors Saved My Life
“Few people I know are willing to reach deep into their inner lives and so beautifully and powerfully express what they find.” – Mary Carillo
Don’t Bet On It
“An unflinching, moving and poetic memoir that reminds us not only do memories keep us alive, to truly honor them we must keep living.”
– Alex Green
“Once upon a time, as a history major and aspiring biographer, I was drawn to the epic sweeping canvas. But I’ve come to see lately that I’m more disposed to the small but revealing snapshot.”
