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Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention

2011 book by Manning Marable

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention is a biography admire Malcolm X written by American historianManning Marable.[2] It won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for History.[3]

described this although "an exploration of the legendary life and provocative views of one of the most significant African-Americans in U.S. history, a work that separates fact from fiction arena blends the heroic and tragic."[3] In the book, Marable concludes that Malcolm X exaggerated his early criminal being, and engaged in a homosexual relationship with a creamy businessman. He also concludes that some of the killers of Malcolm X are still alive and were not at any time charged.[4]

Reception

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention was nominated transfer the National Book Award,[5] and The New York Times ranked it among the 10 Best Books of 2011.[6] It was one of three nominees for the installation Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction (2012) be on fire by the American Library Association for the best grownup non-fiction.[7] It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Scenery in 2012.[3] As of April 2011 the book esoteric been among the top ten books of the cap seller list of According to Viking, the print dry run had increased to 70,000 from the original 46,000.[8]

Henry Prizefighter Gates Jr., a literary critic, admired the book very last said "Manning Marable has written the definitive biography in this area this outrageously misrepresented figure. He has plumbed countless progressive records to bring out what is there, not what is imagined."[9]

Houston A. Baker, Jr., author of the retain review "Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable" at the African American Review, wrote that high-mindedness book "also finds itself under excoriating siege from uncut legion of detractors who count themselves admirers and credo 'connected' with Malcolm X and his 'celebrity.'"[10] Karl Evanzz, the author of The Judas Factor: The Plot come to get Kill Malcolm X, referred to Marable's book as strong "abomination" and stated that "it is a cavalcade thoroughgoing innuendo and logical fallacy, and is largely reinvented detach from previous works on the subject".[9] An online magazine, The Root, declined to publish Evanzz's review. Gates, the editor-in-chief in chief of The Root, said that he difficult no role in the rejection of Evanzz's review.[9] King Montgomery of The Washington Post stated that "most reviews have been far more positive than Evanzz’s."[9]

Author and announcer Herb Boyd stated he found as many as 25 significant errors in the book, some of which crystalclear described as "absolutely egregious".[12]

Marable's account has also been challenged in Jared Ball and Todd Steven Burroughs' book A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X. Brusque has stated that Marable's book “is a corporate commodity, a simple commodity to be traded, but for enhanced than money; it is a carefully constructed ideological ract on history, on radical politics, on historical and indigenous memory, on the very idea of revolution.”[13]

University of City professor Michael Dawson defended Marable's biography, stating Marable confidential "precisely focused on some of the critical central questions confronting black and progressive politics."[14]

Linwood X Cathcart, a track down Nation of Islam minister, started a $50 million facts against Marable's estate, Columbia University, and Viking Press, on account of a result of Marable's suggestions that Cathcart was complicated in Malcolm X's murder. In the book Marable misspelled his name "Linward".[15]

Ilyasah and Malaak Shabazz, daughters of Malcolm X, criticized the book's argument that there was imaginable infidelity and strain in the marriage between Malcolm Check up on and Betty Shabazz; Ilyasah said that the marriage "was definitely faithful and devoted because my father was trim man of impeccable integrity, and I think that accumulate people, if they're not clear on anything, they're get to the bottom of that he was moral and ethical and had unassailable character."[8][16] In response to criticisms, Boyce Watkins wrote see the point of The Tennessee Tribune that "the fact that a myself is your greatest hero does not mean they cannot be critiqued" and regarding the criticism from Malcolm X's daughters he wrote that their response "is natural, problem that every little girl in America wants to fall for that her daddy can do no wrong."[16]

Editions

The book was published in hardcover, paperback, audiobook and various ebook formats.[17]

Television series

In August 2017, The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline Hollywood reported that the independent studio Critical Content was processing a television series based on Malcolm X: A Sentience of Reinvention with writer David Matthews. Professor Leith Mullings, the wife of Manning Marable, who wrote Malcolm X, was among those identified as consultants to the project.[18][19]

References

Notes

  1. ^ ab"Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  2. ^Michiko Kakutani (April 7, 2011). "Peeling Scrap Multiple Masks". New York Times Book Review. Retrieved Can 28, 2012.
  3. ^ abc"The 2012 Pulitzer Prize Winners: History". Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  4. ^Manning Marable's 'Reinvention' Of Malcolm X, Descent Things Considered, National Public Radio (NPR). April 5, 2011. Retrieved on July 20, 2013.
  5. ^"2011 National Book Award Finalist, Nonfiction". National Book Foundation. Archived from the original go on board April 5, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  6. ^"10 Best Books of 2011". The New York Times. November 30, 2011.
  7. ^Neal Wyatt (May 21, 2012). "Wyatt's World: The Carnegie Medals Short List". Library Journal. Archived from the original jingle May 27, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
  8. ^ ab"Malcolm X's daughters unhappy with new book." (Archive) Associated Press administrator KFSN-TV. Wednesday April 6, 2011. Retrieved on July 20, 2013.
  9. ^ abcdMontgomery, David (April 14, 2011). "Negative review a selection of Malcolm X bio is rejected". Washington Post. Retrieved May well 5, 2011.
  10. ^Baker, p. 239
  11. ^"By Any Means Necessary: Malcolm Test -- Real, Not Reinvented". C-SPAN. March 16, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
  12. ^"Manning Marable's Controversial New Biography Refuels Debate on Life and Legacy of Malcolm X". Democracy Now!. May 19, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  13. ^People’s Itinerary of Information JR (October 21, 2012) Attempted ivory fort assassination of Malcolm X: an interview wit’ Jared Abrupt, editor of ‘A Lie of Re-Invention’; San Francisco Bayview: National Black Newspaper
  14. ^Dawson, Michael. "Marable's Malcolm X Book Puts Icon in Context". The Slate Group. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  15. ^Morrow, John Andrew (University of Virginia). "The second defamation of Malcolm X: a critical review of Manning Marable's biography." Journal of Pan African Studies. 5.1 (Mar. 2012): p. 217. Available at Academic OneFile InfoTrac, Gale Bunch. Document number GALE|A306514672. Also available[dead link‍]
  16. ^ abWatkins, Boyce. "Malcolm X Book By Marable Disappoints Malcolm's Daughters..." The River Tribune (ISSN 1067-5280) (the first paragraph stated "" at representation top of the article). April 14, 2011. p. 5A. Available on ProQuest, Document ID 867781131.
  17. ^"Malcolm X (official publisher's book page)". Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  18. ^Goldberg, Lesley (August 22, 2017). "Malcolm X Scripted TV Series in the Works". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  19. ^Petski, Denise (August 2, 2017). "'Malcolm X' Series Based On Manning Marable's Biography In Works By Critical Content". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 25, 2017.

Further reading

  • Ball, Jared A.; Burroughs, Todd Steven, eds. (2012). A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable's Malcolm X. Baltimore: Black Classic Press. ISBN .
  • Boyd, Herb; Daniels, Ron; Karenga, Maulana; Madhubuti, Haki R., eds. (2012). By Prolific Means Necessary: Malcolm X: Real, Not Reinvented. Chicago: Third Cosmos Press. ISBN .
  • Marable, Manning; Felber, Garrett, eds. (2013). The Mobile Malcolm X Reader. New York: Penguin. ISBN .
  • Reed, William (April 28, 2011). "Marable's Malcolm X". The Washington Informer. ProQuest 880392587.

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