Offside Competition: Win “Outcasts United” by Warren St. John

Long time Offside readers will remember Bob’s post about The Fugees from January 2007. The Fugees are a soccer team in Clarkston, Georgia made up of refugee kids from all over the world. Clarkston is a small Atlanta suburb where residents had some trouble adapting to the sudden influx of refugees in their once sleepy town, and so The Fugees found themselves square in the middle of a cultural battle. The story of the team vs the town was the subject of an excellent NY Time article by Warren St. John.

That article is now a book by Warren St. John titled Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town, and we’ve got two copies signed by the author to give away.

Here’s how you can win: We’re interviewing Warren St. John later this week, and so we want to ask him your questions. The best two questions – as chosen by the author – will win the two books.

The author is a soccer fan (90% sure he supports Arsenal) so questions can be about things other than the content of the book.

Leave your questions for Warren St John in the comments (make sure to enter a valid email address in the comment form so we can contact you) or email your questions to daryl[at]theoffside[dot]com (with “Outcasts United” in the subject line).

There’s a good Q&A with Warren St. John on the Outcasts United website, that gives an excellent background to the book (which I’m currently halfway through reading and confirm that it’s damn good).

Last but not least, there’s a benefit for The Fugees in Washington, D.C. this coming Saturday (June 20th at 1pm). I’ll let Warren St. John explain…

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