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While I polish a script for the next Men In Blazers show with JJ Watt, and Right this very second I am watching Chelsea play a football match with one eye Yet the idea of America has been for me what ballet was to Billyīook was inspired by Langston Hughes’ lines: Idea has been the dominating one in my life. The power of the idea of America is one of this nation’s greatest gifts. What do you hope readers take away from the book? Wrote that the book “reminds us not only of what it means to pursue theĪmerican dream, but what that dream should-and still can-represent.' Amen. When I received the magical Mina Kimes’ blurb, I found it very validating. The only people who would want to hear me talk about loving America would be Matter demonstrations, and the 2020 election. Moment America was tearing itself apart during the Covid chaos, Black Lives Has been especially wild to release a book about a love of America at the very

Having Chuck Klosterman write such trulyīrilliant words was mind-blowingly surreal. Very moving to read what people I respect have to say about a project I have I am not truly sure what it achieves, but it was The blurbs process is such a weird, esoteric,įrankly awkward process. The author Nora McInerny described (Re)born in the USA as 'A book thatĬelebrates growing up, popular culture, and, the universality of needing toīecome the person you’re meant to be.' What do you think of that Up in New York City without feeling an immense sense of gratitude. Yorker, with four kids who all have American accents is something I never takeįor granted. Though I had never set foot in the United States.įact I not only live here now, but am an American citizen, married to a New Impacted my identity so seismically and shaped who I was as a person. Love and laughter, even if much of that laughter was clearly of the canned Pull. One that could not only sustain existence, but empower joy, hope, Which made the United States my light in the darkness.Įxisted almost as an alternate planet to me, a place filled with possibilityĪnd promise, where life seemed to be lived with a different gravitational Television, music, books, clothes and occasional pair of knock-off Ray-Bans Survived by inhaling everything American I could lay my hands on-the movies, The city spiraled, beset by theĭegrading forces of unemployment, poverty, and crime, like a British Baltimore Economicĭecline had seen the docks fallen silent. Then, Liverpool was a place large on lore, low on quality of life. Growing up in the murk of 1980s England at a time the nation felt like it was In a way, the whole book is an attempt to answer that question.

Single greatest accomplishment of my life.' Can you say more about that? You write, 'I still believe the act of becoming an American citizen is the Non-profit record label together and he is so bloody good at naming things. Pretty in Pink, the Super Bowl-winning Chicago Bears, Public Enemy, Beastieīoys, and, greatest of all, my Queen, Tracy Chapman. If Scarface hadīeen as influenced as I was by Richard Scarry books, Hart to Hart, Love Boat,įantasy Island, Miami Vice, John Cougar Mellencamp's Scarecrow, An American immigrant story.īit like the first half of Scarface or the last scene of Yentl. The Stars and Stripes and the Manhattan skyline painted as a mural on myĪct of becoming an American citizen is the single greatest achievement of my The love, optimism, and gratitude I believe will prevail. Wanted to re-create a portrait of this American idea, written in a spirit of Those possibilities with the passion Tracy Chapman once sang about fast citizen, to dig deep into memories ofĪn era when the United States felt very different.Ī Liverpudlian teen, looking on from across the ocean, the United States hadĪppeared as a beacon of such courage, tenacity, and wonder that it changedĮverything I thought possible about the world and gave me the strength to chase I wrote most of the book during lockdown. What inspired you to write your new book, and how was the book's title chosen? He grew up in Liverpool, UK, and lives in New York City.

#ROGER BENNETT CHELSEA TV#

He is a broadcaster, podcaster, and filmmaker, and cohost of the soccer TV show and podcast Men in Blazers. His other books include Men in Blazers Present Encyclopedia Blazertannica.

Roger Bennett is the author of the new book (Re)born in the USA: An Englishman's Love Letter to His Chosen Home.

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