Leah Wilson

A Friday Night Lights Companion: Love, Loss, and Football in Dillon, Texas Leah Wilson

Brief Description: Introduction by Will Leitch, founding editor of Deadspin Talk to any of the millions of devoted "Friday Night Lights" fans and they'll tell you: it's not just a show about high school football. Its rich, interesting characters and honestly portrayed relationships make the show's portrait of West Texas life compelling and relatable in ways that have nothing--and everything--to do with touchdowns. "A Friday Night Lights Companion" celebrates the show, its fearlessness, and what it's meant to those who love it. - "Dave Campbell's Texas Football" managing editor Travis Stewart provides a moving tribute to the power of high school football, by way of unlikely hero Matt Saracen- Jonna Rubin shares the lessons she's learned from the best marriage on television: Eric and Tami Taylor's (lesson number one: drink more wine)- Television Without Pity writer Jacob Clifton offers a meditation on one of "Friday Night Lights"' most fundamental values: being a part of something bigger than yourself- "The Washington Post"'s Jen Chaney reminds us what we love most about all our favorite Dillon residents, from Tim Riggins to Buddy Garrity to Jess Merriweather- And more writing and reflections on "Friday Night Lights" "A Friday Night Lights Companion" takes you from series pilot to series finale, through all five masterfully crafted seasons' worth of love, loss, family, and football. Table of Contents: Introduction - Will Leitch"Texas Forever" - Adam Wilson"Class Not Dismissed" - Kevin Smokler"The Drama of Being Decent" - Paula Rogers"The Best Reality Show on Television" - Ariella Papa"Pantherama!" - Jeremy Clyman"Man Up" - Kiara Koenig"Playing for Now" - Travis Stewart"Viewers Wanted (Teens Need Not Apply)" - Robin Wasserman""Friday Night Lights," NBC, and DirecTV" - Paul Levinson"'It's Different for Girls'" - Sarah Marian Seltzer"Sex, Lies, Booze, and the Perfect Marriage" - Jonna Rubin"Come Home: West Texas Identities" - Jacob Clifton"Why We Love . . . " Series - Jen ChaneyBiographical Note: Will Leitch is a contributing editor at "New York" magazine, a film critic at Yahoo, and the founder of Deadspin. He is also the author of four books, most recently "Are We Winning?" He lives with his wife in Brooklyn. Leah Wilson graduated from Duke University with a degree in Culture and Modern Fiction and is currently Editor-in-Chief, Smart Pop, at BenBella Books. She lives in Cambridge, Mass.

Contributor Bio:  Wilson, Leah Leah Wilson is a senior editor at BenBella Books and is the editor of "Welcome to Wisteria Lane: On America's Favorite Desperate Housewives" and the coeditor of "James Bond in the 21st Century: Why We Still Need 007 "and "Mapping the World of the Sorcerer's Apprentice: An Unauthorized Exploration of the Harry Potter Series Complete Through Book Six," She lives in Dallas. Contributor Bio:  Leitch, Will Will Leitch, founding editor of Deadspin.com, is a contributing editor and columnist for New York magazine. He has also written for the New York Times, GQ, Fast Company, Slate, Salon, and Playboy, and is the author of Catch, a novel, and Life as a Loser, a book of essays. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.