Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention with Editors Emily Murdock Baker and Wendy Wolf

Episode 76 : Media Mayhem

Episode Synopsis

Having won the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction in 2012, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention is the most lauded work about the legendary figure since his own autobiography. Sadly, author and renowned scholar Manning Marable passed away close to the time of it’s release, but to discuss his seminal work we talk to editors for the book, Emily Baker-Murdock and Wendy Wolf.

Guest Bio

Wendy Wolf is Editorial Director of Non-Fiction at Penguin Books, and she worked with Manning Marable on his Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction-winning “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention.”

Emily Murdock Bakeris an editor at Penguin Books that worked on Mr. Marable’s book.

Episode Breakdown

00:01 Coming Up on Media Mayhem.
00:55 Welcoming Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention editors Wendy Wolf and Emily Murdock-Baker
02:35 Manning Marable’s motivation to write the book-inconsistencies between the autobiography and the man.
05:03 Juxtaposing Malcolm X and Obama’s trips to Africa.
07:44 The extraordinary enhanced features of the book and, “delivering the real Malcolm.”
13:25 Who really killed Malcolm X and demystifying the man.
18:07 Malcolm’s same-sex “incident,” and his marriage.
20:57 The shifting perception of Islam.
23:01 Distinctions between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
25:47 Reaction to the book.
27:20 Filling a piece of missing history.
28:49 Any items that did not fit in the interactive book?
30:32 Thanks and Goodbye!

Additional Links

http://www.us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780670022205,00.html
https://twitter.com/EMurdockBaker

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