An Interview with Aaron Dinin, Author of the Krzyzewskiville Tales (Duke University Press, October 2005)
An Interview with Aaron Dinin, author of The Krzyzewskiville Tales (Duke University Press, October 2005) Aaron Dinin runs, lifts weights, plays viola, and gives guided tours to prospective Duke Students. He also tents in Krzyzewskiville, the makeshift tent city that Duke students inhabit for weeks in order to get into Cameron Indoor Stadium for key basketball games. He loves taking English classes, and his first book, The Krzyzewskiville Tales, was accepted for publication before he graduated. Oh, and it’s loosely modeled on The Canterbury Tales. In other words, Dinin is a typical Duke student. A few weeks before graduation, he talks about the Duke experience, Krzyzewskiville, his literary hero Walt Whitman, and his future in writing. Q: You’ve tented in Krzyzewskiville and written a book about it. But I heard you weren’t at all into sports until you came to Duke. Didn’t you go to any football or basketball games in high school? A: I went to football games as part of the band. We had a huge marching band, and won the national championship. But otherwise, no sports in general. I was really good at warming the bench in Little League. Q: So you came to Duke, and what happened? A: Well, I didn’t go to a game until my RA freshman year invited me to a game against Georgia Tech. A lot of my friends from high school go there, so I said I’d go. Q: You could get in? A: Yes, it wasn’t too bad against Georgia Tech. It wasn’t prime seats or anything; still I think for anyone’s first trip inside Cameron it doesn’t matter.
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