Sir Lewis

Sir Lewis is an engrossing, deeply detailed portrait of a powerful role model that transcends sport. This book is timeless, illuminating and necessary – Mirin Fader, author of the New York Times bestsellers Giannis and DreamMichael Sawyer’s riveting narrative brings fuller context to the rise of Lewis Hamilton as the first Black, winningest race car driver, and worldwide tastemaker. This is a must read – Tamara Payne, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning author of Dead Are Rising: The Life of Malcolm XGripping storytelling … This is a book that I will read again and again to be entertained and challenged – Myisha Cherry, author of The Case for RageWith Sir Lewis, Michael E. Sawyer has given us one of the most probative books on Formula One since Tom Rubython’s The Life of Senna … a deeply engaged, knowledgeable study of Hamilton’s impact on the art and technology of Formula One racing, we discover how that impact reflects profound global socio-political transformation – R. A. Judy, Professor of Critical and Cultural Studies at University of Pittsburg

Michael E. Sawyer is an Associate Professor of English and David C. Frederick Honors College Electus Faculty Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh. He has delivered talks and keynotes for numerous prestigious institutions, among them: NYU, Yale, Brown, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - New York Public Library and Morehouse College. He is the author of Black Minded: The Political Philosophy of Malcolm X (Pluto Press, 2020).