Dinerman’s Collected Squash Histories Anthology Released Dateline April 25, 2022 ----
Rob Dinerman's latest book, Collected Squash Histories, Selected Squash
Writings Volume 3, released yesterday, is distinctive from its
pair of predecessor squash anthologies in that, as its title implies,
it is comprised solely of a collection of squash histories --- 17 of
them --- that he has written on various squash websites and
publications over the years. These range from Histories of various
prominent tournaments --- among them the Canadian National
Hardball Championships, which was held from 1912-95, the Harry Cowles
Invitational (1947-96), the Atlantic Coast Championships (1930-2001 and
known for having matches literally through the night on its two courts
from Friday late-afternoon to Saturday mid-morning) and the New York
State Open (1976-95) --- to Histories of squash at various schools
(Exeter) and clubs (Apawamis), to a thematic History of the ISDA pro
doubles tour, using 10 individual matches as markers of that tour's
evolution. Also included are a History of Yale women's squash during
Mark Talbott's six-year coaching tenure (culminating in the team
winning the national team championship in his swan-song 2003-04
season), and Histories of the World Doubles, the North American Open
Doubles, the U.S. Doubles in Baltimore and the U.S. Nationals in New
York.
The book has a Foreword written by Paul Assaiante, the legendary Hall
of Fame coach at Trinity College, and is available at Amazon.com, along
with Volumes I and II of Dinerman's anthology series, which were
published in 2014 and 2016 respectively. Dinerman’s forthcoming book,
Brothers And Champions: Ralph And Sam Howe And Stories From The Golden
Age Of Racquet Sports, a racquet-sports biography of the Howe brothers,
who between them won a combined 13 U. S. National singles, doubles and
intercollegiate individual championships during the 10-year period from
1962-71 and are the only two people who are members of both the U.S.
Squash Hall of Fame and the International Court Tennis Hall of Fame, is
scheduled to be released this autumn.
