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]
Brentwood Life Profiles Strong Inside
My neighborhood paper, Brentwood Life, profiles Strong Inside. Thanks to Angie Mayes for the coverage! ... [Continue Reading]
The Queen Latifah Show Blog
Perry Wallace and Strong Inside were highlighted today in the "heroes" section of the Queen Latifah Show blog. Check out my guest post here. ... [Continue Reading]
The Dr. Edwin Hines Review
Earlier this month, Nashville radio host Genma Holmes invited Dr. Edwin Hines to join me for a conversation on Strong Inside for her show, Living Your Best Life. Dr. Hines attended Meharry Medical College in Nashville at the time Perry Wallace was at ... [Continue Reading]
First National TV – CSPAN2’s BookTV
CSPAN2's BookTV was on hand to record my panel discussion at Nashville's Southern Festival of Books. Historian Linda Wynn hosted the discussion with the New York Times' Clay Risen (author of "Bill of the Century") and me. Having attended the festival ... [Continue Reading]
Rave Review from SLAM Magazine
The first national print review is in for Strong Inside, and it's a thrilling one from one of the popular basketball magazine SLAM. Reviewer Sherman Johnson labels Strong Inside "a heartbreaking case of staggering genius." Check it out for yourself ... [Continue Reading]
The Genma Holmes Interview
Genma Holmes launched a monthlong series on "Strong Inside" this morning with an interview we taped a few weeks ago. Later installments in the series will include interviews with Perry Wallace, other figures in the book, and many others with a ... [Continue Reading]
Multiple Events Upcoming
So, now it begins. After 8 years working on Strong Inside, I'll begin speaking about it in earnest next week. First up is an Oct. 10 appearance at Nashville's Southern Festival of Books, where I'll be paired up with the New York Times' Clay Risen ... [Continue Reading]
Don’t Quit My Day Job: Q&A With Gorkana
One of the challenges of working on Strong Inside over the last eight years has been balancing the time spent on the book with time spent with family and at my 'day job' as a partner at McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations in Nashville. In this ... [Continue Reading]