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The Dead Are Arising
The Dead Are Arising 2020 cover.jpg
Cover of the first, US edition
Author Les Payne and Tamara Payne
Audio read byDion Graham
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Subject Malcolm X
Publisher Liveright
Publication date
September 29, 2020
Pages612
Awards National Book Award for Nonfiction (2020) [1]
Pulitzer Prize for Biography (2021) [2]
ISBN 978-1-63149-166-5 Hardcover
OCLC 1137810018
320.546092
LC Class BP223.Z8
Website wwnorton.com/books/9781631491665

The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X is a biography of Malcolm X by Les Payne and Tamara Payne. The book was published in September 29, 2020 by Liveright in hardcover format while an audiobook, narrated by actor Dion Graham, was simultaneously released by Recorded Books. Among other honors, the book won the 2020 National Book Award for Nonfiction [1] and the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. [3]

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Publication

Les Payne spent almost 30 years on the book. [4] He and his daughter, Tamara Payne, researched the book together. She completed the book after his 2018 death. [1]

Reception

According to the review aggregator Book Marks, the book has received positive reviews, with eleven "rave" reviews, three "positive reviews", and three "mixed" reviews. [5] Among others, the book was reviewed by Kerri Greenidge, [6] Yohuru Williams, [7] Colin Grant, [8] Kehinde Andrews, [9] Mark Whitaker, [10] Alex Preston, [11] and Trevor Phillips. [12] In her review, Kerri Greenidge wrote that the book is "a meticulously researched, compassionately rendered, and fiercely analytical examination of the radical revolutionary as a human being". [6]

Among literary publications, Publishers Weekly posted a starred review of the book stating that it is "richly detailed" and "an extraordinary and essential portrait of the man behind the icon". [13] The New York Times Book Review wrote that "[n]obody has written a more poetic account". [4] Kirkus Reviews wrote, in a starred review, that the book is a "superb biography and an essential addition to the library of African American political engagement". [14] Library Journal posted another starred review that opened by stating that the "book is a monument to investigative reporting" and, in a "verdict" section, it was given their "highest recommendation" with a byline that says in part: "This gripping read, essential for anyone interested in the man or his times, delivers penetrating explanations and fresh insights into previously unexamined dimensions of Malcolm X and his becoming and being El-hajj Malik El Shabazz within the context of Black life." [15] A review by Booklist called the book "monumental". [16]

Awards and honors

Best books lists

Among other honors, the book has been included in several year end book lists. The New York Times Book Review included the book in its list of "100 Notable Books of 2020" with a byline that called the book "magisterial". [18] The book was also named as number five on the Time list "The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2020" with a byline that stated, in part, that the authors had "written the essential book for understanding the force that was Malcolm, with deep insights into his childhood, his path to the Nation of Islam and his assassination." [19]

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