9/25/2023 0 Comments Reborn in america roger bennett![]() Albert Camus, the writer - before he slummed it as a writer he was actually a really bloody good goalkeeper - is alleged to have said "Everything I know about human motivation and humanity, I learned by watching football." And I truly believe that. How did you find that approach and how was it received in America? SA: One thing I like about what you do is bring a degree of sentimentality and emotion to the game in an un-American way. I decided to write a book that traced the contours and the shape of that love. I went through almost like an enchanted forest tracing the breadcrumbs those breadcrumbs were my love for the game and the idea of America. Partially because nature abhors a vacuum, and because when the present is dark and full of fear, I think it's a very natural emotion to revert to the past and move through happier times. It was devastating in late March and early April. When it all ground to a halt during COVID, there was a vacuum in my life and not just that, but in the city that I love, New York City, the city that I had painted on my wall when I was a kid. Soccer gives me the meaning and the structure and the sense of memory and global connectivity. ROGER BENNETT: It's a love letter to America at a time when our nation could really do with one. What is your book about? Why did you write it? SA: Good to have you back for an SA Confidential. men’s national team’s performance at the 1998 World Cup. ![]() We interviewed him in 2018 about his podcast series American Fiasco, which detailed the fantastic debacle that was the U.S. ![]() Bennett rose to fame in the last decade as half of the Men In Blazers soccer show on NBC Sports. 1 on the New York Times Best Sellers list. Roger Bennett’s new book, Reborn in the USA: An Englishman's Love Letter to his Chosen Home, debuted at No. ![]()
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