John Nogowski
Who knew retirement could be so busy? John Nogowski has published two books back to back after retiring earlier this year!
About
Behind the Author
John Nogowski grew up in New Hampshire, worked in the newspaper business for 25 years in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Michigan, Florida and Georgia.
He taught as an adjunct professor at Florida State University, Tallahassee Community College and Bainbridge State College before settling in at Gadsden County High School in Havana, Florida for a dozen years, retiring in 2022.
His student newspaper, the Gadsden County Gazette was a two-time National Scholastic First-Place Winner in high school competition.
"Last Time Out" and "Bob Dylan: A Descriptive, Annotated Discography 1961-2022" are updated editions of earlier books. "Last Time Out" originally appeared in 2005. This updated edition includes 18 new chapters, including a final chapter about his son's first MLB game. "Bob Dylan" is the third edition of a comprehensive work done for McFarland and Co., covering Dylan's long career.
Earlier, Nogowski wrote "Teaching Huckleberry Finn" about his experiences teaching Twain's classic work in a minority high school setting.
From The Keyboard To The Page
"LAST TIME OUT" in Baseball America!
With the Christmas holidays approaching, author John Nogowski has continued to keep busy. His new baseball book "Last Time Out" was recently reviewed in America's most prominent baseball magazine "Baseball America."
Executive Editor Matt Eddy did a great job capturing the essence of "Last Time Out." Thanks, Matt! Check it out!
Nogo reviews Bob Dylan's new book: "The Philosophy Of Modern Song"
Bob Dylan fans have been delighted with the emergence of a new site: Freak Music Club, focusing on the music and career of the Nobel Laureate. Since I was unable to include a review of Dylan's new book - "The Philosophy Of Modern Song" in my own new book, here it is, displayed on the new Bob Dylan site - "Freak Music Club" - Check it out!
BOB DYLAN: A DESCRIPTIVE, CRITICAL DISCOGRAPHY
AND FILMOGRAPHY 1961-2022 - Third Edition
In this, the third edition of John Nogowski’s comprehensive series on the work of Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan, we examine his career; the staggering array of archival releases, ranging from The Basement Tapes Raw to the epic 36-disc 1966 World Tour to the impressive array of Bootleg Series releases, now up to Volume 16! A brand new Introduction with an in-depth discussion of Dylan’s film career, his award-winning book “Chronicles, Vol. I” as well as his Nobel Prize and Lecture, his famed “Musicares” speech, a detailed annotated bibliography and ratings on every Dylan song and album.
Last Time Out
In this updated edition of "Last Time Out," we take one last lingering look at the game’s most recently celebrated retirees—Derek Jeter, David Ortiz, Tony Gwynn, Ken Griffey Jr., and some who weren’t all that celebrated in retirement—Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, all four ignored by voters for Baseball’s Hall of Fame. John Nogowski reflects on their finales as well as those of many other giants of the game—44 in all. This edition includes a few personal moments, such as the time in Boston’s Fenway Park where Reggie Jackson, then an Oriole, had a delightful and memorable exchange with some loud fans (of which the author was one) with amazing results.The concluding chapter captures the very first game in the major-league career of Nogowski’s favorite player, his son, John Jr., who debuted with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2020 and was all too briefly a cult hero in Pittsburgh in 2021. The stories and antics surrounding the career finales of these legends are generally untold."Last Time Out" freezes that moment in time when baseball’s greatest players put down the bat or glove and hung up the spikes for the last time. An award-winning sportswriter and educator, JOHN NOGOWSKI taught AP language, English, and journalism at Gadsden County High School in Havana, Florida when he wasn’t watching his son play for the St. Louis Cardinals, the Pittsburgh Pirates or a team to be named later. (He’s ending 2022 in the Washington Nationals' organization.)
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