Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! It was exactly 25 years ago today - Nov. 27, 1989 -- that I turned in a paper to my Black History professor at Vanderbilt focusing on a former Commodore basketball player named Perry Wallace. Thank you to Prof. Yollette ... [Continue Reading]
Jeff Pearlman Q&A With Perry Wallace
Author Jeff Pearlman's weekly Quaz Q&A is one of the most interesting things online. He finds interesting guests, asks them a series of thought-provoking questions, and shares the results with the world. This week, he talks to Perry Wallace about ... [Continue Reading]
Midday 180 Interview on 104.5 The Zone
It was just 10 minutes but we packed a lot in -- great interview with Paul Kuharsky, Chad Withrow, and Jonathan Hutton from the Midday 180 show on 104.5 The Zone in Nashville. We discussed Perry Wallace's role in the banning of the slam dunk, his ... [Continue Reading]
BookPage: Strong Inside “Hard to Put Down”
The BookPage review is out, and it's a strong one. Writes Keith Herrell: "Strong Inside is superbly written, hard to put down and fascinating for sports fans and non-sports fans alike. Check out the complete review here. BookPage was also kind enough ... [Continue Reading]
Perry Wallace on Marion Barry
In March of 1977, while working as as legislative assistant to Washington, D.C. Mayor Walter Washington, Perry Wallace found himself in the D.C. City Council building when a group of armed Hanafi Muslims stormed into the building, fired shots and ... [Continue Reading]
Parnassus Launch With Mayor Dean
The Parnassus launch event with Mayor Dean was a rousing success, with approximately 150 people filling the popular Green Hills bookstore Nov. 19. Mayor Dean had read the book in detail and asked a series of great questions before opening the floor ... [Continue Reading]
Parnassus Books Q&A
Nashville's Parnassus Books has earned a reputation as one of the finest independent bookstores in the country (it also happens to be located right around the corner from Fox's Donut Den, one of the best donut shops anywhere!). In advance of this ... [Continue Reading]
The “Bacon on the Bookshelf” Review
Nashville's Jennifer Puryear reviews Strong Inside on her popular "Bacon on the Bookshelf" blog. Jennifer writes that Strong Inside "feels like a very honest kind of history," and leads her post with Perry Wallace's courageous words to the Tennessean ... [Continue Reading]
Strong Inside Lauded in Big 10 Country
Great column today on Strong Inside by Doug Moe of the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison, Wisconsin. This one is very meaningful to me -- I was born in Madison, my parents grew up there and attended the University of Wisconsin, and my grandparents ... [Continue Reading]
Strong Inside Named A Top Book for Fall
Strong Inside is named one of the top books for fall in this Talk of the Town segment hosted by Saralee Woods of Nashville's iconic BookmanBookwoman store in Hillsboro Village. ... [Continue Reading]