NEWS & REVIEWS

The Economist Calls King: A Life "Magnificent"

"Jonathan Eig’s magnificent new biography is an overdue attempt to grapple with King in all his complexity. His book will inevitably draw...

The Real MLK

David Garrow writes in The Spectator that King: A Life, by Jonathan Eig, will succeed Garrow's own Bearing the Cross as the standard...

My Review of "The Kneeling Man"

I reviewed Leta McCollough Seletzky's fascinating book about her father's role as a police informant during the civil rights movement....

Library Journal Starred Review

"A must for readers interested in moving beyond clichéd catchphrases to see a more complete and complex King..." Read the full review here.

A Rave Booklist Review

Eig (Ali, 2017) has a dream that Americans will remember more about our most famous civil rights icon than one, partially improvised...

Kirkus calls King book "Monumental"

Here's the Kirkus review of King: Definitive life of the champion of civil rights. Having placed Muhammad Ali in the canon of civil...

Starred Review for King: A Life

"[A] sweeping biography. Eig gives a rousing recap of King’s triumphs as a civil rights leader . . . [A] complex, nuanced portrait . . ....

BEST OF CHICAGO

Thank you, Mary Wisniewski and NEW CITY, for the kind write-up ... Just when you think Jonathan Eig can't possibly top his last...

2023 preview: Most anticipated nonfiction

"KING: A Life" was just included in BookPage's 2023 preview: Most anticipated nonfiction. "Among these 33 nonfiction books we can’t wait...

MLK and Malcolm X: A Book Review

Jonathan Eig reviews The Sword and the Shield, Peniel Joseph's book on King and Malcolm X for The Wall Street Journal. Fool. Chump....

Jonathan Eig’s Ali: A Life wins Times Biography of the Year

Originally published in "The Times" Jonathan Eig’s comprehensive biography of Muhammad Ali fought off stiff competition last night to win...

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