Authors Jeff Pearlman, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner and Todd S. Purdum explore how major cultural figures build and perform their identities--especially around culture, artistry, and public perception--in the context of American fame.
| Where: | UA Mall Tent (Seats 250)    |
| When: | Sat, Mar 14, 11:30 am - 12:25 pm |
| Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - Central Mall (following presentation)
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| Genre: | Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction |
| Moderator: | Stuart Shiffman |
| Sponsor: | Session made possible courtesy of Pepper Viner Homes |
Jeff Pearlman is The New York Times bestselling author of ten books, including NFL legends Walter Payton in "Sweetness", Brett Favre in "Gunslinger," and Bo Jackson in "The Last Folk Hero." He has written about the ’80s Los Angeles Lakers in "Showtime,", the 1986 New York Mets in "The Bad Guys Won," and the ’90s Dallas Cowboys "Boys Will Be Boys....
Daniel Pollack-Pelzner has written about theater and contemporary culture for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The New York Times. Born and raised in Oregon, he teaches theater history at Portland State University and is the scholar-in-residence at the Portland Shakespeare Project....
Todd S. Purdum worked at The New York Times, covering politics and later served as diplomatic correspondent and Los Angeles bureau chief. Besides being a staff writer at Vanity Fair, Politico, and The Atlantic, he authored "Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway Revolution" and "An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964....
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