People United, KOOP Austin
KOOP Radio in Austin was on hand for my remarks on STRONG INSIDE at the city’s incomparable Monkeywrench Books on March 30. Here’s an archive of my talk that evening, which KOOP featured on its People...
View ArticleLouie Belina Show
I’ve heard great things about Louie Belina and his show in College Station, Texas, from my friend Mitch Light of Athlon Sports. Mitch is a regular on Louie’s show, and today I had the chance to join...
View ArticlePaul Finebaum Show
Ever since STRONG INSIDE came out in December, I’ve been eager to share the book with hardcore SEC fans via the SEC Network. That opportunity came last week when I was a guest on the popular Paul...
View ArticleThe Sporting Life –
I’ve always enjoyed Jeremy Schaap’s “The Sporting Life” show on ESPN Radio for its mix of intelligent long-form stories. So it was quite a thrill when Jeremy said he wanted to do a story on Perry...
View ArticleComing Home to Madison
Our family spent Father’s Day driving from Nashville up to Madison, Wisconsin to visit my parents. The holiday provided a nice hook for Madison’s Isthmus alt weekly, with Michael Popke going with a...
View ArticleMadison.com Q&A
The Q&A before the Q&A: in advance of my session Wednesday night at Madison’s HotelRED, where my father will conduct a Q&A, Jeanne Kolker of the Wisconsin State Journal conducted a Q&A...
View ArticleLillian Smith Book Award
Strong Inside has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious Lillian Smith Book Award, an annual honor that recognizes books dealing with issues of social and racial justice. The award will be...
View ArticleBook Culture Q&A
The great New York city independent bookstore Book Culture recently posted a Q&A on its blog with questions about the roots of my interest in Perry Wallace and lots more. Hoping to appear at Book...
View ArticleWallace Scholarship Created at Vanderbilt
Now this is cool. Several former Vanderbilt classmates of Perry Wallace’s have come together to raise funds to endow an engineering scholarship in Wallace’s name. The Perry Eugene Wallace Jr....
View ArticleLillian Smith Award Presentation
Thanks to the Southern Regional Council for posting a video of my speech at the Lillian Smith Book Awards in Decatur, Georgia. Receiving this award was both a humbling experience and a huge thrill! The...
View ArticleVU Scholarship Named for Wallace
Several members of Perry Wallace’s Vanderbilt Class of 1970 came together to raise the funds necessary to endow a Vanderbilt engineering scholarship in Wallace’s name. The announcement of the...
View ArticleALA: “Highly Recommended”
The American Library Association’s CHOICE book review for academic libraries gives Strong Inside it’s “highly recommended” rating in the Nov. 2015 issue: “Nuanced and complex, Strong Inside is an...
View ArticleThe Sports Biblio Review
Legendary sportswriter Wendy Parker reviewed Strong Inside in the wake of the controversy at the University of Missouri, where football players threatened to strike unless the university president...
View ArticleAll-School Read at VU & MBA
Does anyone in big data track these kinds of things? The highest concentration of Strong Inside readers in any geographical area will have to be the two miles of Nashville’s West End Avenue that...
View ArticleComing Home to Madison
Our family spent Father’s Day driving from Nashville up to Madison, Wisconsin to visit my parents. The holiday provided a nice hook for Madison’s Isthmus alt weekly, with Michael Popke going with a...
View ArticleMadison.com Q&A
The Q&A before the Q&A: in advance of my session Wednesday night at Madison’s HotelRED, where my father will conduct a Q&A, Jeanne Kolker of the Wisconsin State Journal conducted a Q&A...
View ArticleLillian Smith Book Award
Strong Inside has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious Lillian Smith Book Award, an annual honor that recognizes books dealing with issues of social and racial justice. The award will be...
View ArticleBook Culture Q&A
The great New York city independent bookstore Book Culture recently posted a Q&A on its blog with questions about the roots of my interest in Perry Wallace and lots more. Hoping to appear at Book...
View ArticleWallace Scholarship Created at Vanderbilt
Now this is cool. Several former Vanderbilt classmates of Perry Wallace’s have come together to raise funds to endow an engineering scholarship in Wallace’s name. The Perry Eugene Wallace Jr....
View ArticleLillian Smith Award Presentation
Thanks to the Southern Regional Council for posting a video of my speech at the Lillian Smith Book Awards in Decatur, Georgia. Receiving this award was both a humbling experience and a huge thrill! The...
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