Poker is much more than just a popular game. It is a world unto itself, populated with a multitude of colorful characters: professionals and amateurs, hustlers and dreamers. This royal flush of a collection brings together short stories, essays, poems, and excerpts from novels by a host of renowned writers -- from the Wild West to present day -- who have mined their personal experience of the game. Entertaining and enlightening, you'll want to ante up for Read 'Em and Weep.

With pieces by ...

Nelson Algren

Andy Bellin

Anthony Holden

Katy Lederer

James Thurber

Barbara Tuchman

Billy Collins

Pete Dexter

Martin Amis

David Mamet

Herbert O. Yardley

A. Alvarez

...And More