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JUNE PREVIEW ALAANNUAL.ORG/MOBILE–APP|#ALAAC18 COGNOTES 9
Journalist and Author Jonathan Eig will Present as an Auditorium Speaker
Jonathan Eig is a journalist and a New York Times best-selling author. He has written five books: Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig; Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season; Get Capone: The Secret Plot that Captured America’s Most Wanted Gangster; The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution; and Ali: A Life.
Ali: A Life released last Fall is a stunning portrait of a man who became a legend. The book is the first biography that details Muhammad Ali’s entire life. Based on more than 600 interviews with more than 200 people over the course of five years, one might think that the process would have left Eig exhausted. But he says, ebulliently, “It’s the most fun I have ever had working on a book. I actually told my editor that I wanted to work on this book until I die.” Eig uncovered thousands of pages of previously unreleased FBI and Justice Department files, as well dozens of hours of newly discovered audiotaped interviews from the 1960s.
Ali: A Life was named winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing, best book of the year by Sports Illustrated, and one of the ten best nonfiction books of the year by the Wall Street Journal. It was a finalist for Mark Lynton History Prize, the Plutarch Award, the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, and an NAACP Image Award.
Eig is a former staff writer for the Wall Street Journal, where he remains a contributing writer, and has written for the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Washington Post, Slate.com, and others. He is currently working with Ken Burns and Florentine Films in making a documentary on Muhammad Ali.
His session is sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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Jonathan Eig Auditorium Speaker Series
Sunday 6/24, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ERT Silent Auction Supports Christopher J. Hoy Scholarship Fund
The ERT Silent Auction supports the Christopher J. Hoy Scholarship Fund. Named for Christopher J. Hoy, who was director of the ALA Conference Services Office for over 20 years, the scholarship was established with donations from the family of Christopher J. Hoy and the Exhibits Round Table (ERT) to honor his memory. This $5,000 General ALA Scholarship is awarded each year to an individual who will be attending an ALA-accredited program of library and information studies leading to a master's degree.
Exhibitors in the Artist Alley pavilion of the exhibit floor donate one piece of original art for the auction. The ALA Biblioquilters work throughout the year to create quilts to be included in the auction. Bidding is open until 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. The auction is located in the lobby near the shuttle bus drop off.
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