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"It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself." - Floyd Patterson Twenty-two notable writers - including Bob Sullivan, Abby Ellin, Mike Pesca, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Louisa Hall, and Gay Talese - examine the untold stories of the losers, and in doing so reveal something raw and significant about what it means to be humanThe locker rooms of winning teams are crowded with coaches, family, and fans. Reporters flock to the athletes, brimming with victory and celebration, to ask, How does it feel? In contrast, the locker rooms of the losing teams are quiet and awkward, and reporters tend to leave quickly, reluctant to linger too long around loss.But, as sports journalists Mary Pilon and Louisa Thomas argue, losing is not a phenomenon to be overlooked, and in Losers, they have called upon novelists, reporters, and athletes to consider what it means to lose.
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Mary Pilon is the author of the "The Kevin Show' (Bloomsbury March 2018) and "The Monopolists," a bestselling book that chronicles the secret history of the famous board game (Bloomsbury Feb 2015) . A regular contributor to The New Yorker, Esquire, Fast Company, MSNBC, Vice, Politico, and Bloomberg BusinessWeek, among other news outlets, Pilon has worked as a staff reporter at the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal and as an Emmy-nominated producer for NBC Sports at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She made the Forbes magazine's first-ever 30 Under 30 list for media. A native Oregonian and fledgling marathoner, she currently lives in New York City. Visit her web site at marypilon.com and find her on Twitter @marypilon.
