CSPAN2 Book TV April 3, 2011
have compared writing to fighting. and as a matter of fact, i got the term -- i get the credit for it. the term comes from muhammad ali and i'm writing sort of a biography for him for crown. which i started in 19 -- excuse me, 2003. so when he wrote a book called "the greatest." it was ghosted by another person. he said writing is fighting. >> host: and you goes on to talk about african-americans and you write a black boxer's career is a perfect metaphor for the career of a black male. >> guest: yeah, i read john howard griffin's black lightening, which is a classic. he altered his a...
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