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Darcy Frey is an American writer and educator from New York. His 1994 book The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams won awards and inspired a movie. Frey has published articles in New England Monthly, Rolling Stone, Harper's, and The New York Times Magazine.
Darcy Frey. Senior Lecturer on English. (On leave Fall 2023) Education: B.A., Oberlin College (1984) Interests: Narrative journalism; essay; memoir; travel writing; literary science writing. Selected Works: “George Divoky’s Planet” (forthcoming, Pantheon).
Darcy Frey, the author of The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams, has been a longtime Contributing Writer to Harper's and the New York Times Magazine. His essays and journalism have received numerous awards, including a National Magazine Award, and been anthologized in Best American Essays, Best American Science Writing and The Library ...
1 Jan 2001 · Darcy Frey chronicles the aspirations of four young men as they navigate the NCAA recruitment process, their only hope of escape from a life of crime, poverty, and despair. It ought to be just a game, but basketball on the playgrounds of Coney Island is much more than that.
In the piece, Frey profiles the town of Stamford, Connecticut, the economic and racial stratification caused by its era of urban renewal, and the conse- quences for its residents - in particular, the murder of one homeless woman who lived and died over the course of Frey s reporting.
22 Sep 2013 · Darcy Frey. Nieman Class of 2011. Frey wrote the 1994 book The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams, about inner-city basketball players hoping for athletic scholarships to college, and is a contributing writer at the New York Times magazine.
Darcy Frey is an American author and journalist known for his narrative nonfiction style. He has written for publications such as The New York Times Magazine and Harper's Magazine.
