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1. www.nytimes.com › 2023/05/08 › booksBook Review: ‘King: A Life,’ by Jonathan Eig - The New York Times

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   May 8, 2023 · The prosperous King family lived on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta. One writer, quoted by Jonathan Eig in his supple, penetrating, heartstring-pulling and compulsively readable new biography, “King: A ...

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   May 16, 2023 · Kindle $16.99. Goodreads Choice Award. Nominee for Readers' Favorite History & Biography (2023) The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk and accessible storytelling to forge the definitive life for our times. Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig’s A Life is the ...

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3. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2023/05/15What Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s New Biographer Reveals | The ...

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   May 8, 2023 · Eig’s book makes clear just how closely the F.B.I. was watching King, apparently in the hope of collecting enough damaging information to prosecute him, intimidate him, or drive him to suicide.

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   May 16, 2023 · Jonathan Eig. Jonathan Eig is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of six books, including four New York Times best sellers. His most recent book is King: A Life, which the Times called a "the definitive biography" of Martin Luther King Jr. and a book "worthy of its subject." King: A Life won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography.

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   May 16, 2023 · Having placed Muhammad Ali in the canon of civil rights leaders with his 2017 biography, Eig turns to Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) in a monumental biography. He did not begin life with that name: His parents “named him Michael King, no middle name, no initial, no ‘Junior.’ They called him Little Mike.”

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6. www.irishtimes.com › culture › booksKing, the Life of Martin Luther King: Strong on narrative ...

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   May 27, 2023 · King: The Life of Martin Luther King. Author: Jonathan Eig. ISBN-13: 978-1471181009. Publisher: Simon & Schuster. Guideline Price: £25. Of the national memorials in Washington, DC dedicated to ...

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   What is the best biography of Martin Luther King?

   • Before the publication of King: A Life, David Garrow’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Bearing the Cross (1986) was widely considered the best biography of King. It is more informative than Eig’s book if not quite as readable. Those seeking a shorter and more analytical biography should consult Adam Fairclough’s Martin Luther King Jr (1995).

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   What is the best biography of King?

   • For those wishing to understand his life, not just the legend, Eig’s book is likely to remain the best starting point for many years to come. Before the publication of King: A Life, David Garrow’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Bearing the Cross (1986) was widely considered the best biography of King.

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   Why do you want a biography of Dr Martin Luther King?

   • As a person who grew up reading biographies, I want the book to tell the person’s life story from a myriad of angles. Dr Martin Luther King, Jr has been a part of America’s ethos for over sixty years. Anyone fifteen years or more years older than me would have recollections about the man, either positive or negative, great or small.

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   Is Martin Luther King a good book?

   • King: The Life of Martin Luther King is strong on narrative but light on analysis. It reflects the strengths of its author, a professional biographer but not a trained historian. It is a pleasure to read. Eig writes with a great economy of style. He has an eye for the telling detail and for setting the scene.

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   Should we read a new MLK biography?

   • Most of us may believe that we already know the story of MLK, and therefore reading a new biography may not be worthwhile, but Eig’s book makes a number of important contributions. As the author points out, the common perception of King is that he was a martyr and some kind of saint.

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   What does Dr King's biography say about race?

   • This biography and the life of Dr. King puts much into perspective, not just pertaining to race, but all forms of hate and injustice. We as individuals must undergo our own revolution of values. What makes up a society but the people within it? What creates the values of a society and a culture but the values of said individuals that comprise it?

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   Dec 7, 2021 · 1. Tom Stoppard: A Life by Hermione Lee. “Lee…builds an ever richer, circular understanding of his abiding themes and concerns, of his personal and artistic life, and of his many other passionate engagements …. Lee’s biography is unusual in that it was commissioned, and published while its subject is still alive.