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Sperber Book Prize Award Ceremony and Book Talk

Wednesday, November 3, 2021
6 – 7 p.m.

The Sperber Book Prize is awarded annually by Fordham to an autobiography or memoir by a journalist, or a biography of a journalist. It honors A.M. (Ann) Sperber, whose seminal biography of the journalist Edward R Murrow (Murrow: His Life and Times) was published by Fordham University Press.

The 2021 Sperber Book Prize Awards virtual ceremony will feature a talk by each of the two winners:

  • Kerri K. Greenidge, Ph.D., of Tufts University, won for her book Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter (Liveright Books, 2020).
  • Lesley M. M. Blume, a journalist, won for her book Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World (Simon & Schuster, 2020).

The award ceremony will also include a book giveaway.

Please join us using the Zoom link below, no RSVP is required.

https://fordham.zoom.us/j/87521676684?pwd=dzA4SVFqTU9FNmltL1BZQXRkNVV0QT09

Meeting ID: 875 2167 6684
Passcode: M6lDuB2X

This event is open to alumni, faculty/staff, parents, students, and the public.