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PillPack Pharmacy Simplified. Some of the countries, like the World Cup champions Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, have extensive literary traditions in which soccer appears often.

In some cases we made difficult decisions to choose newcomers over more established authors. What makes sport and—in this case—soccer, a conduit for good storytelling?

The constant struggle in sporting competition is often juxtaposed by startling moments of profound humanity that can lead to drama, comedy and even tragedy.

This can all be very compelling for us as spectators. Like any other passion, sports have the same power to generate extreme patriotism and fanaticism.

FIFA has national members, making it the most global organization on the planet, with unrivaled reach. Many intellectuals talk about soccer stadiums as temples and the game of soccer as one of the most popular religions in the world.

In this sense, there are billions of passionate believers. The best soccer fiction addresses complex human and social issues.

This type of writing is obviously engaging to the soccer faithful, but it also allows readers who know little or nothing about the sport to experience otherwise inaccessible spaces, cultures and communities.

What can you tell us about your project on the myth of fair play in soccer fiction? The increased production of soccer fiction from Latin America in recent decades has received very little critical attention.

My work is examining cultural production in nations with varied histories of success and disappointment in international soccer competition.

The recent FIFA corruption scandal laid bare the decadent governance of world soccer, yet authors have been critiquing issues of fairness through soccer literature for decades.

Having a sporting attitude or abiding by the rules was a value that was ingrained through sport but reflected greater social anxieties about class tensions.

I am interested in works that demystify the notions of fair play or level playing fields. My reading of different Latin American societies through literature explores soccer as a vehicle for fighting discrimination, inequality and injustice, both on and off the pitch.

Tell us about your plan to create a digital soccer-fiction bibliography and how you are involving students in the project.

This is a vast project that is really just in the beginning stages. The long-term plan is to develop an open-access online tool that will employ category-specific search functions for research, teaching and collaboration on soccer studies around the world.

Galeano, Eduardo. Soccer in Sun and Shadow. Mark Fried. New York: Nation Books, Nadel, Joshua. Gainseville: UP of Florida, Glasgow: Freight Books,