Overview
Prize-winning journalist Mark McCormick's best columns are collected here. He writes of people with Kansas connections who altered their world, those known and those not household names: Gordon Parks, Dwight Eisenhower, Diane Nash, Don Hollowell, James Reeb, Barry Sanders, Sam Adams, Ron Walters, Arthur Fletcher, Bessie Halbrook, etc. His stories are memorable because they bring into focus people, events and relationships from the broad canvas of America and enlarge readers' understanding of what is regularly overlooked or undervalued. You won't forget his account of his time with Muhammed Ali. McCormick makes visible people of color and the role race plays in their lives and of national issues like police-community relations, 9/11's aftermath, Muslim Americans, LGBTQ Americans, and gangs. McCormick writes beautifully, with wisdom and love. This is a special edition designed for first-year students at Wichita State University and their teachers. A discussion guide provides specific ways for readers to interact with these essays.
Full Product Details
Author: Mark E McCormick
Publisher: Blue Cedar Press
Imprint: Blue Cedar Press
Edition: 2nd ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.245kg
ISBN: 9781734227208
ISBN 10: 1734227206
Pages: 178
Publication Date: 31 January 2020
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""If it is a reporter's job to tell you what happened, it's a columnist's job to tell you what it means, to plumb the news and nonsense of daily life and distill from it that nugget of wisdom that tells you something you didn't already know or takes something you thought you knew and forces you to see it with different eyes, In his years as a columnist for the Wichita Eagle, Mark E. McCormick fit that definition to the proverbial tee. He was an inventive writer and a thoughtful seeker of truth. You came away just a little bit better for having read him."" Leonard Pitts, Jr."
If it is a reporter's job to tell you what happened, it's a columnist's job to tell you what it means, to plumb the news and nonsense of daily life and distill from it that nugget of wisdom that tells you something you didn't already know or takes something you thought you knew and forces you to see it with different eyes, In his years as a columnist for the Wichita Eagle, Mark E. McCormick fit that definition to the proverbial tee. He was an inventive writer and a thoughtful seeker of truth. You came away just a little bit better for having read him. Leonard Pitts, Jr.
Author Information
In fourteen years at the Wichita Eagle Mark McCormick received more than 20 journalism and civic awards, including three Gold Medals in five years from the Kansas City Press Club, a First Place award in 2009 from the Kansas Press association, and a ""Man of the Year"" Award from Wichita Business and Professional Women. Today Mark is Director of Strategic Communications for the ACLU of Kansas. He has also served as the executive director of the Kansas African American Museum and Director of Communications for the Kansas Leadership Center.
