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‘Ali: A Life’ Chronicles a Rhyming, Jabbing, Heroic Contradiction
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‘Ali: A Life’ Chronicles a Rhyming, Jabbing, Heroic Contradiction

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/ 26 January 2018

In the first-ever unauthorized biography of Muhammad Ali, Jonathan Eig captures the icon's triumphant, tragic, and quintessentially American arc with exquisite detail and original analysis.

A Weak Case for the Important Issue of ‘Muslims and the Making of America’
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A Weak Case for the Important Issue of ‘Muslims and the Making of America’

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/ 18 July 2017
A book like Muslims and the Making of America is necessary in these times, and it's for that very reason that Hussain's effort is so disappointing.
Muhammad Ali and the Day Fans Pelted the Ring With Trash
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Muhammad Ali and the Day Fans Pelted the Ring With Trash

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/ 7 June 2016
In his new book, Ali vs. Inoki, Josh Gross untangles the complicated history of the 1976 meeting of two legends -- and a failed experiment.
Former Heavyweight Champ Mike Tyson Becomes a Raconteur and Memoirist — Who Knew?
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Former Heavyweight Champ Mike Tyson Becomes a Raconteur and Memoirist — Who Knew?

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/ 10 January 2014
Mike Tyson has a gift for introspection and storytelling those whom disdain him as some sort of anti-social beast might find surprising.
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AIF Docs 2013: ‘American Revolutionary’ + ‘The Trials of Muhammad Ali’

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/ 27 June 2013
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David S. Ware and Planetary Unknown: Live at Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2011

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/ 25 July 2012
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Albert Ayler: Love Cry / The Last Album

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/ 18 October 2011
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David S. Ware/Cooper-Moore/William Parker/Muhammad Ali: Planetary Unknown

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/ 14 July 2011
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Jalen Rose and Bernard Hopkins: The Miseducation of the Black Athlete

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/ 17 May 2011
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Of Writing Men: David Remnick’s ‘King of the World’

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/ 4 April 2011
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Champions Forever: Ali — The Lost Interviews

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/ 28 October 2009
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Fidel: The Untold Story

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/ 19 September 2007

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/ 15 April 2024
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Call for Papers: All Things Reconsidered – FILM Winter 2023-24

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