Author Bio & Stories

Joe Samuel Starnes

Joe Samuel Starnes is a writer living in Haddon Township, New Jersey. His most recent novel, Fall Line, was published last year by NewSouth Books. Follow him on Twitter @JSamuelStarnes or visit Joesamuelstarnes.com.

  • April 5, 2013
    Tennis, In Its Own Private Idaho

    The Davis Cup can be one of the greatest and rowdiest tennis experiences out there. So why is the USTA so content to play it in front of tiny audiences, like the one it's almost certain to find this weekend in Boise?

  • October 10, 2012
    The Long Run

    Nick Chubb, one of Georgia's top high school running backs, is almost certainly younger than you. But he has already broken off a 98-yard touchdown run, which means he has experienced something you almost certainly haven't. But what does a 98-yard touchdown run feel like?

  • September 24, 2012
    Broken Field Autobiography: Michael Vick, Unreliable Narrator

    It takes a certain amount of confidence and an awful lot of living to publish an autobiography at the age of 32, but Michael Vick's Finally Free, the story of his supremely fraught and unrelentingly public life to this point, doesn't lack for incident. What it does lack, though, is the sense that its central character is a reliable narrator.

  • May 16, 2012
    Franchise Mode: A Modest NFL Proposal — The Clog

    A modest proposal for videogame developers, NFL fans, and the NFL itself, starring a cast of thousands (of retired NFL players).

  • February 23, 2012
    The Trauma and the Pity

    At the game that marked the turning point in the Philadelphia Eagles' disappointing season, a novelist and longtime football fan found karaoke and Yuengling in the parking lot, and all kinds of uncomfortable inklings in the stands.