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Raab was a writer for GQ Magazine from 1992 until 1997, and was a regular contributor to Esquire from 1997 until 2016. Much of his work at Esquire was one-on-one interviews with various celebrities (e.g. Phil Spector, Paul Giamatti, Don Zimmer).
Aug 31, 2021 · About — Scott Raab. Raab went to Cleveland State University and the University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop. In 2016, he left Esquire magazine after nineteen years as Writer at Large. His first book The Whore of Akron was published in 2011, followed in 2017 by You’re Welcome, Cleveland. His new book, Once More To The Sky, comes out 8/31/21.
Aug 30, 2021 · Author of You’re Welcome, Cleveland and The Whore of Akron.
Jun 2, 2016 · Raab, a longtime staffer at Esquire, is the author of 2011’s The Whore of Akron, an excellent, deeply personal exploration of his Cleveland fandom and his emotional connection to and...
Nov 15, 2011 · Scott Raab—Cleveland super-fan—has suffered for every one of those five decades of drought. In the tradition of Frederick Exley’s cult-classic sports book A Fan’s Notes, The Whore of Akron is Raab’s hilarious and unhinged plea for deliverance from all those years of pain.
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Scott Raab’s new memoir The Whore of Akron: One Man’s Search for the Soul of LeBron James isn’t really about basketball. It’s about addiction and sobriety, marriage and divorce, childhood and parenthood, loyalty and autonomy.
Raab began writing for GQ in 1992 and five years later joined Esquire. His unabashed style led to celebrity interviews, including Tupac, Phil Spector, Paul Giamatti, Don Zimmer, Dennis Rodman, Sarah Silverman and many more – a who’s who of contemporary talent.
