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giri nathan
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CHANGEOVER, my tennis book about Alcaraz & Sinner, just came out: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Changeover/Giri-Nathan/9781668076248

giri[at]defector[dot]com
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I needed a newsy excuse to share the Kash Patel image that popped into my head unbidden a few months ago
October 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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kind of on edge watching wemby.. first jumpscare superstar
October 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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BOSTON:

I'll be doing a panel at the Book Festival this weekend, come by Saturday @ 2pm
October 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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I am in these nice books, writing about pain (grief) and pain (Thai food). Stories originally in @defector.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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I was fine with spam bots until they started talking like this
October 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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lots going on here but my favorite part: photos the festival posted of Kevin Hart enjoying himsekf in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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October 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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starting a new frozen yogurt venture with james harden
September 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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It's just "Let's Remember Some Guys"
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September 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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NYC: 9/30 I'll be at McNally Jackson Seaport talking tennis writing with my friends @knguyen.bsky.social and Chloe Cooper Jones

bring a CHANGEOVER to get it signed (or get one day of). I'll have some hats/stickers, too

RSVP here:

www.mcnallyjackson.com/giri-nathan-...
September 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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endpapers!

I am biased but I think the book is a beautiful object, shoutout to Rodrigo Corral Studio for the cover design
September 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
girinathan.bsky.social
that Alcaraz fake-dropshot, slice drive is so potent in this matchup

wrote about it in CHANGEOVER

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Change...
September 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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quoted in @wsj.com about the relationship that Carlos Alcaraz fans have to his hairs

(P.S. no “The,” just “Changeover”)
August 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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shoutout to Mary Carrillo for buying the first signed CHANGEOVER of the day

@astoriabookshop.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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if you are a Medvedev fan seeking comfort in this abysmal season I would prescribe you CHANGEOVER

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Change...
August 25, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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attn US Open goers:

I’ll be on the boardwalk between the 7 train and the tournament, selling and signing copies of CHANGEOVER:

8/25 - 4:30-7:30pm

8/26 - 11am-2pm

Flushing Meadows Pedestrian Bridge

see you soon 🎾
August 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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highlight of the week might be getting this remarkably stupid image of me and @redford.bsky.social onto the Tennis Channel
August 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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thank you Matt for this extremely kind review of CHANGEOVER, and for picking out my favorite Sinnerism from the book
August 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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the @newyorker.com has taken a stance on this divisive issue
August 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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same here tbh
August 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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In my book I promised to attend all Sinner-Alcaraz matches if I was within 500 mi and this time, to my vast relief,
August 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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this moment technically hasn’t happened yet but gonna feel so serene when I clean the walls of my apartment that were colonized by notes

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Change...
August 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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reminds me of the best U.S. Open fit I’ve seen
August 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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that time I received a “style sheet” from the copyeditor, such a neat cross-section of its contents

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Change...
August 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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that time Carlos Alcaraz said I had a “good eye”

read his (fascinating) answer here:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Change...
August 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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that time I ran into Jannik Sinner & his camp ~30 min after the doping news first broke. if you want to know what it was like to talk to them on that strange day, how Jannik does baggage claim, & even what they like to eat at the Cincy airport, read this

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Change...
August 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM