Bøger af Dana Nichols

"Pickleball Diaries: My Journey (Close) to the Top" is a refreshing and light-hearted story of an aspiring athlete and pickleball player who made the transition to pickleball pro and the journeys along the way. Growing up in Bloomfield, a tough neighborhood within the city of Pittsburgh, Michael learned sports early. Throughout his youth and young adulthood, sports continued to be a part of Michael's life. Eventually, Michael transitioned from baseball and football to semi-professional boxing and open level racquetball. As pickleball surged throughout the United States, Michael switched to pickleball and went from 3.0 novice to professional over a few years. This book chronicles the challenges along the way and the dedication and perseverance needed to succeed. "I thought nice guys were supposed to finish last and here Michael is turning pro and challenging the best in the sport while to double to age of the top singles players on tour. This book gives you insight to why everywhere he goes Michael is welcomed and leaves with a few new friends. It's hard to read just a few pages and not find yourself rooting for the guy. I found a good part of me relating to Michael and his journey as I turned the pages. This isn't just a pickleball book-it's a book about enjoying life and making the most of an opportunity."-JOSH JENKINS run Josh J Pickleball, is a Joola Pro, and author of Pickleball with Pop

Every day, students at the University of Michigan work hard to develop their skills as writers. Every winter, we have a chance to sample the fruits of this labor as we select winners for the first-year writing prize. The English Department Writing Program and the Sweetland Center for Writing established a first-year writing prize in 2010. With generous support from the Sweetland Center for Writing, Andrew Feinberg and Stacia Smith (both of whom earned English degrees from the University of Michigan), and the Granader Family, we have developed a tradition of honoring students who produce writing of exceptional quality.In this collection, we share the writing of prize-winning students so that other writers may learn from, and feel inspired by, their examples. The featured essays illustrate how writers formulate compelling questions, engage in dialogue with other thinkers, incorporate persuasive and illuminating evidence, express powerful and poetic insights, and participate in meaningful conversations.We are equally grateful to the many students who submitted essays for these writing prizes and the many instructors who encouraged and supported them. As writing teachers, we relish the opportunity to learn from the challenging questions, intellectual energy, creativity, and dedication that our students and their teachers bring to our classrooms. We hope that you will gain as much pleasure as we have from reading the writing contained in this volume.

Every day, students at the University of Michigan work hard to develop their skills as writers. Every winter, we have a chance to sample the fruits of this labor as we select winners for the first-year writing prize. The English Department Writing Program and the Sweetland Center for Writing established a first-year writing prize in 2010. With generous support from the Sweetland Center for Writing, Andrew Feinberg and Stacia Smith (both of whom earned English degrees from the University of Michigan), and the Granader Family, we have developed a tradition of honoring students who produce writing of exceptional quality.In this collection, we share the writing of prize-winning students so that other writers may learn from, and feel inspired by, their examples. The featured essays illustrate how writers formulate compelling questions, engage in dialogue with other thinkers, incorporate persuasive and illuminating evidence, express powerful and poetic insights, and participate in meaningful conversations.We are equally grateful to the many students who submitted essays for these writing prizes and the many instructors who encouraged and supported them. As writing teachers, we relish the opportunity to learn from the challenging questions, intellectual energy, creativity, and dedication that our students and their teachers bring to our classrooms. We hope that you will gain as much pleasure as we have from reading the writing contained in this volume.