Recently deceased Chicago icon Studs Terkel was remarkable for many reasons, not the least of which he was probably the only straight white man in both the Black and Gay and Lesbian Writers Halls of Fame. Published in 1992, Studs Terkel's book about race informs us still. Her book is a hard but inspiring tale of rape, beatings, police brutality and many other obstacles on the way toward her realizing her dream of graduating from high school and preparing to attend college. The book ended with Mathabane’s leaving South Africa to attend college on a tennis scholarship in the United States. Many people know Mathabane for his searing memoir Kaffir Boy, which chronicled his apartheid-era childhood in Alexandra township. In other book notes, I recently finished Mark Mathabane’s Miriam’s Song. The short book tells the story of three of Williams’ long-time teammates- Bobby Doerr, Dom DiMaggio and Johnny Pesky-driving to see the great slugger one final time before he died and was subjected to posthumous indignities. I’ve written about this before, and for those looking for a more upbeat and touching portrayal of Williams’ life, check out David Halberstam’s The Teammates. Meanwhile a new book by Larry Johnson about Ted Williams’ frozen head being used for batting practice had added to the abuses first reported about several years ago in Sports Illustrated by Tom Verducci. I chatted briefly with downcast volunteers wearing orange shirts with today’s date emblazoned in white letters and heard about the hours and hours they spent working for the bid this past year. That’s fitting, given that the city came in dead last out of the four finalists for the 2016 Olympics.ĭunreith and I had lunch in the Aon Center, where she works and the headquarters for Chicago’s bid. Odds-on favourites Chicago went out in the first round of voting to host the 2016 Olympics here on Friday, a stunning setback for a city which had been backed by US President Barack Obama People react at the announcement that Chicago was the first city eliminated during a live viewing of Chicago 2016 Olympic bid at Daley Plaza in Chicago, Illinois on October 2, 2009.
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