Alumnus Jerry Izenberg, Defying Father Time, Publishes First Novel at Age 90

Rutgers University | Over the last 60 years, legendary Star-Ledger sportswriter Jerry Izenberg (SASN ’52) has had a front-row seat to history and brought us along with him, using his incisive style and trademark wit to reveal the people behind the headlines, hold the powerful to account, and tackle racial injustice and other pressing issues of the day. At the tender age of 90, he’s just published his first novel, After the Fire: Love and Hate in the Ashes of 1967, an interracial love story between a Black girl and Italian boy set in the aftermath of the Newark Rebellion.