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11. The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
I want to say before I go on that I have never previously told anyone my
sordid past in detail. I haven't done it now to sound as though I might be
proud of how bad, how evil, I was. But people are always speculating—why am I
as I am? To understand that of any person, his whole life, from birth, must be
reviewed. [...] The full story is the best way that I know to have it seen, and
understood, that I had sunk to the very bottom of the American white man's
society when—soon now, in prison—I found Allah and the religion of Islam and
it completely transformed my life.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (as told to
Alex Haley) emerges from a specific time and place and yet, despite feeling
very much of that moment, still resonates with issues that American culture is
dealing with today—and is still a powerfully written book. Chris and Suzanne
discuss its historical context, the formal questions of autobiography, writing
to be read by wildly different audiences, conversion narratives, and what
Malcolm X might have made of today’s America.
Show Notes.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
[Bookshop.] (Weirdly, there
doesn’t seem to be an audiobook?!)
Alex Haley’s Playboy interview with Malcolm
X, which led to the book.
50 Years Later, The Autobiography of Malcolm X Is Still a Must-Read.
Solving for X: Malcolm X and White
Readers, an article which is at times incisive, at times problematic.
The Explosive Chapter Left Out of Malcolm X’s
Autobiography (with images of the co-edited manuscript).
A recent exhibit of the unpublished chapters: Only After the Deepest
Darkness: The “Lost” Chapter & Manuscript of The Autobiography of Malcolm
X.
Next episode: Moby-Dick
[Gutenberg,
Librivox].
Support The Spouter-Inn on Patreon to help
us make the show—and join our members-only Slack!
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By Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Chris Piuma
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I want to say before I go on that I have never previously told anyone my
sordid past in detail. I haven't done it now to sound as though I might be
proud of how bad, how evil, I was. But people are always speculating—why am I
as I am? To understand that of any person, his whole life, from birth, must be
reviewed. [...] The full story is the best way that I know to have it seen, and
understood, that I had sunk to the very bottom of the American white man's
society when—soon now, in prison—I found Allah and the religion of Islam and
it completely transformed my life.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (as told to
Alex Haley) emerges from a specific time and place and yet, despite feeling
very much of that moment, still resonates with issues that American culture is
dealing with today—and is still a powerfully written book. Chris and Suzanne
discuss its historical context, the formal questions of autobiography, writing
to be read by wildly different audiences, conversion narratives, and what
Malcolm X might have made of today’s America.
Show Notes.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
[Bookshop.] (Weirdly, there
doesn’t seem to be an audiobook?!)
Alex Haley’s Playboy interview with Malcolm
X, which led to the book.
50 Years Later, The Autobiography of Malcolm X Is Still a Must-Read.
Solving for X: Malcolm X and White
Readers, an article which is at times incisive, at times problematic.
The Explosive Chapter Left Out of Malcolm X’s
Autobiography (with images of the co-edited manuscript).
A recent exhibit of the unpublished chapters: Only After the Deepest
Darkness: The “Lost” Chapter & Manuscript of The Autobiography of Malcolm
X.
Next episode: Moby-Dick
[Gutenberg,
Librivox].
Support The Spouter-Inn on Patreon to help
us make the show—and join our members-only Slack!
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