A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject.(December 2015) |
Brin-Jonathan Butler | |
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| Brin-Jonathan Butler (left) with Cuban boxer Guillermo Rigondeaux | |
| Born | 1979 |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Nationality | Canadian [1] |
Brin-Jonathan Butler (born 1979) is a freelance journalist, Amazon interviewer, filmmaker and host of the podcast Tourist Information. [2] His work has been published in The Classical , [3] The Rumpus [4] , Harper's , The Daily Beast , Vice , ESPN The Magazine , The Paris Review , The Huffington Post and Salon.com. [5] His book A Cuban Boxer's Journey was published 2014. The Domino Diaries was published in 2015. The Grandmaster: Magnus Carlsen and the Match That Made Chess Great Again was published in 2018 and longlisted for the 2020 RBC Taylor Prize. [6]
Butler has a forthcoming documentary film, Split Decision, examining Cuban–American relations. [7]
A Cuban Boxer's Journey: Guillermo Rigondeaux, from Castro's Traitor to American Champion, 2014, Picador: [8] a biography on Guillermo Rigondeaux
The Domino Diaries: My Decade Boxing with Olympic Champions and Chasing Hemingway's Ghost in the Last Days of Castro's Cuba, 2015, Picador: [9] a memoir of time in Cuba living and training with Olympic boxing coaches. The Domino Diaries was on The Boston Globe's list of Best Books of 2015 [10] and was shortlisted for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing in 2016. [11]
The Grandmaster: Magnus Carlsen and the Match That Made Chess Great Again, 2018, Simon & Schuster. Longlisted for the 2020 RBC Taylor Prize. [12] [13]
Errol Morris: The Kindle Singles Interview, 2015 [14]
Mike Tyson: The Kindle Singles Interview, 2014 [15]