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Everyone tells stories on dates. Sometimes we tell these stories to make people laugh. Sometimes we tell them to make people think. Sometimes we tell them so we can increase the chances we'll see the other person naked.

Paul Shirley's stories are about an adulthood spent all over the world: living in Spain, playing in the NBA, and having his heart (and spleen) broken. But they're also stories about growing up in small-town Kansas: triumphant spelling bees, catastrophic middle school dances, and a Sex Ed. class taught by his mother. They're funny stories. They're vulnerable stories. Most of all, they're universal stories, just as the stories we tell on dates should be.

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Oct. 17 2017
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Paul is the author of two humor memoirs. The first, Can I Keep My Jersey?, chronicles three years in his stop-and-start professional basketball career. The second, Stories I Tell On Dates, chronicles an entire lifetime in his stop-and-start dating career. A native of Kansas, Paul now resides in Los Angeles, where he runs a non-profit writing workshop called Writers Blok. Paul has also written for ESPN.com, Slate, Esquire, the Wall Street Journal, and FlipCollective.com, a website for writers he founded. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0759RMCH4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fourth Bar Books (Oct. 17 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 754 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 271 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0692879854

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Paul is the author of two humor memoirs, a novel, and a how-to book. The first memoir (Can I Keep My Jersey?) chronicles three years in his stop-and-start professional basketball career. The second (Stories I Tell On Dates) chronicles an entire lifetime in his stop-and-start dating career.

His first novel, Ball Boy, follows the adventures of Gray Taylor, a 14-year-old who discovers basketball when his mother moves them from Los Angeles to small-town Kansas.

Paul lives in Denver, where he runs a co-working space and virtual platform called The Process, whose theory is outlined in his fourth book, The Process is the Product. Paul has also written for ESPN.com, Slate, Esquire, the Wall Street Journal, and FlipCollective.com, a website for writers he founded.

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Gary M

Guys go for looks, Girls go for status

Reviewed in Canada on February 11, 2021

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As with Can I Keep My Jersey, this is a great read.

A great travelogue of a man's love life from a young boy through adulthood in various parts of the world. Although Paul's life journey is very unique, his experiences with dating can be quite relatable. Battling self-doubt, the unknowns of entering new relationships etc., but doing so with soul and humour. The experiences described within are very illuminating - maybe instructive for people of any age.

I highly recommend.

Reviewed in Canada on October 14, 2017

With experiences ranging from Friday night church dances in the Midwest to a pro basketball career on a luxurious Mediterranean island, Paul Shirley has a lot of stories to tell. His essays range from heartwarming to thought provoking, and certainly will make you laugh (even if Shirley is crying in a lot of them).

Shirley is not afraid to rip himself open and let you in, which allows the reader to identify with his passions, his vulnerabilities, his mistakes, and his triumphs.

Highly recommended for anyone interested in love, basketball, and The American Experience.

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JAM

A writer who (occasionally) played basketball professionally

Reviewed in Spain on May 17, 2018

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If “Can I Keep My Jersey?” showed that Paul Shirley has been all his life a magnificent story-teller, “Stories I Tell On Dates” confirms he is a bright and talented writer. Through a smart structure that combines present and past memories he builds up a book that connects the author with the reader in an intimate way. Witty and hilarious, this is one of those books you will always remember with a smile on your face.

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Dougpound

Well-written despite odd structure

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2017

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I came across Paul when he and Justin Halpern had an NBA podcast together. Paul comes across as smart, thoughtful,and with a somewhat sardonic dry wit. The best stories--often augmented on the podcast by Justin's generally scatological wisecracks--were about people that he had met in his youth or in his basketball life. Because Paul "almost made it" many times, only to be derailed by injury, coaches, or more bizarre circumstances, there is a lot of root for.

His book is a collection of many stories, some of which he had touched on in the podcast, but most were new. Paul is a good writer and the introspection and thoughtfulness are both amply displayed. There is a bit too much navel-gazing at times--more showing, less telling would be a fair comment--but overall the stories are good. Paul comes across honestly, earnestly, and humbly. That in itself is worth while.

I had a bit of a problem with the structure and unifying device--each story was set-up as a story he told on a date. His point is that dates are a time to make a connection, to be honest, and these stories all showed important sides of him. I get that, but they didn't really all work as plausible date stories and the device--even if true, seemed artificial and sometimes forced. I think he could have easily showed the story episodically in the context of his life--as his basketball journey as the unifying theme, and coming to grips without it--as most of those stories (plus the sex-ed story) are the most riveting.

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David M

A great read for a read or if you’re an aspiring ... anything

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2018

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Shirley bears his life’s soul to the reader through these stories that are simultaneously uniquely his own and hauntingly familiar. While I’m about a foot too short to be a pro basketball player, and you know, lacking any real physical talent, I could still relate to the beauty of the human experience on display in these chapters. The book is heartwarming, funny (I would read parts aloud to my wife and we’d both laugh out loud), enlightening, nostalgic, and inspiring. As an aspiring writer myself, I found Shirley’s struggles and successes as entertaining as they were encouraging. Feed your soul and read this book.

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teri_novabern

This mixture of mishap, heartbreak, humor, and hope is a great read.

Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2017

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These stories are funny, heartfelt, and adorable. I'd read Paul Shirley's first book, so I thought I knew what to expect (and was looking forward to it). But this book is even better! The anecdotes and memories are so vividly written and seem so honest, I almost feel as though I am on the date myself. I'd pre-ordered the book as a paperback, but I ordered the audiobook a few chapters in because I wanted to experience the book "live" as well. I'm an avid reader of memoirs, and this is up there with the best. Paul's earnest pursuit of love can seem painful, but his storytelling lets the reader hang in there with him, rooting for him all the way.

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Leslie Merriman

Great read!

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2020

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I’ll preface this by saying I’m an Iowa State grad and Paul Shirley has always been among my favorite ISU basketball players so it was great to hear stories about moments that also brought me to tears (namely the Michigan State basketball game!)

This book was a great insight into the author’s life- from spelling bees to his international basketball career, you got a glimpse into a his entire life. His writing style was very appropriate for the book- it truly felt like he was telling the story to you.

My favorite read so far of the quarantine!

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