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Inside Scoop | David Maraniss

Event Type
Other
Sponsor
HRI
Location
Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Date
Mar 28, 2024   12:00 pm  
Registration
Registration required
Contact
Humanities Research Institute
E-Mail
info-HRI@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar
Campus Humanities Calendar

Undergraduates of any major are invited to this informal lunch talk with David Maraniss (New York Times bestselling author and associate editor at The Washington Post). Free lunch provided! Hear about the author’s 2023 biography on Indigenous athlete Jim Thorpe, Path Lit by Lightning.

Advanced registration required. Part of the symposium Sporting Publics: History, Sports, and American Culture, which is taking place March 28–29, 2024.

David Maraniss is a New York Times bestselling author (including for his biography of Barack Obama) and associate editor at The Washington Post. A three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, he won the Pulitzer for National Reporting for his 1992 coverage of then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton. is a three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, he won the Pulitzer for National Reporting for his 1992 coverage of then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton.

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