Articles related to "Pulitzer"

American playwright Lynn Nottage wins the Pulitzer for her play 'Ruined,' about the war against Congolese women.

Anna Marie Quindlen has written. Some of what she has written earned her the Pulitzer Prize. Now she has a new book out.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: financial Journalism in the U.S. misses its chance at history, but who, or what, is to blame?

Toni Morrison, the Nobel Prize-winning, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer has written a new novel that stand tall in the American canon.

One of the most influential female journalists, Anna Quindlen opens up on the new generation of journalists and her experience.

Edith Wharton's novel The Age of Innocence is beautifully adapted to the screen by Martin Scorcese.

It is the unwavering conviction of certainty that makes Bronx NY native John Patrick Shanley's play Doubt a Parable such a powerful compelling piece of drama.

While the allure of serialism intoxicated many a composer by the late 1940s, a former church organist stuck to his tonal guns, creating one delightful work after another.

McCourt endured a miserable childhood in Ireland but grew up to find great success in U.S.

J. K. Toole wrote two books in his lifetime, but tragically committed suicide before either saw publication. Thanks to his mother, millions of readers now enjoy his work.

'night, Mother deals candidly with the subject of suicide. It is cleverly written and deceptively simple.

Nellie Bly was the pen name of one of the most daring young journalists of her day. Few male journalists achieved her fame, or risked as much for a story.

Willa Cather's Fifth Novel is as Enduring and Complex as any Written about the Great War

Junot Diaz has added an honest and painful gem to the literary canon, with his Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

Junot Diaz, a Dominican American author, won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for his first novel. The immigrant experience is central to his work. He teaches writing at MIT.

Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst fought a circulation war that encompassed cartoons and world affairs.

Brief biography of American writer Thornton Wilder, multi-awarded Pulitzer Prize winner of The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Our Town, and The Skin of Our Teeth.

Gilead is lyrical, sweet, and haunting; a feat that can only be achieved by one of the best writers of our time.

Good news! The Festival, once threatened by the economic recession, is on for October 2010. Go to hear Billy Collins and other great poets, and rediscover what matters.

Brief biography of William Faulkner, influential American novelist and short-story writer of the 20th century, known for his fictional Yoknapatawpha County.

Contemporary American playwrights, including George Abbott, Edward Albee, and Christopher Durang, are still inspiring their audiences to dream, think, and feel.

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Cormac McCarthy, Australian director John Hillcoat's The Road is a starkly told post-apocalyptic father-son journey story.

John Kennedy Toole's prize-winning novel from 1980 is still fresh today. A sadly comic masterpiece, it also serves up a nostalgic look at the New Orleans that once was.

Beautifully told and intricately woven, Michael Cunningham's The Hours was inspired by Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs. Dalloway.

Alan Taylor produces a fresh look at colonial America. He covers Native American tribes, European contact, slavery, wars, and the opening of the western frontier.

Amsterdam luxury accommodations range from palatial digs overlooking the River Amstel to restored 17th-century canal houses with all the conveniences of the 21st century.

In 1889 two women reporters set off to prove that Jules Verne's popular novel was not just imaginary fiction. One is still remembered today, the other forgotten.

A brief Author Snapshot Biography of the life and works of writer Willa Cather, American Fiction author.

Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize winning novel "Beloved" is named best American fiction of the past 25 years by the "New York Times"

Pulitzer Prize-winning Michael Dirda makes his list of the books that have impressed him most.

Louisa Mae Alcott's "Little Women" tells the story of the March women during the Civil War period, but what were Mr. March's experiences during that turbulent time?

It´s a miracle that Frank McCourt is alive to tell his story. He survived Typhoid fever, saw family members die of pneumonia, and could have died simply from starvation.

Prolific author Larry McMurtry recounts his life as a reader and writer, rare book collector, scout and seller, examining the role and importance books have played in it.

Brief biography and works of American writer and poet Carl Sandburg, best known for poetry and biographies of Abraham Lincoln.

Readers, researchers, and scholars, one of America's most highly praised writers, Cormac McCarthy, has finally made his papers available for study in San Marcos, Texas.

Set in the Southern United States, one family struggles for solvency, as the purse strings of their shrinking sums remain controlled by the matriarchal Stella Gordon.

Brief biography of American writer Edna Ferber, famous for Show Boat, So Big and Giant.

Contemporary American playwrights, including Sam Shepard, Lanford Wilson, and Doug Wright, are still inspiring their audiences to dream, think, and feel.

Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks served as U.S. Poet Laureate in 1985-86, while that title was still Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress.

In 2004, it was announced that William Hutt would be making his final appearance with the Stratford Festival in The Tempest in 2005.

The Namesake proves Jhumpa Lahiri to be one of today's best writers. She manages to make readers feel as if they are with the characters no matter where they may be.

A look into the life, times and personal challenges of one of America's most beloved and tragic presidents.

John Steinbeck's 1932 collection of stories entitled The Pastures Of Heaven focuses on the people of his native Salinas Valley, California and previews his later work.

It's been nine years since Jhumpa Lahiri's "Interpreter of Maladies" came out, bringing the experience of Bengali immigrants to anyone who loves a beautiful sentence.

Biography of novelist Margaret Mitchell, best-known for her book Gone with the Wind, an epic saga of the American Southern life.

The building where Margaret Mitchell lived when she wrote "Gone with the Wind" offers a glimpse of her extraordinary life and showcases memorabilia from the classic film.

Michael Cunningham's sophomore novel deals with destructing family stereotypes and what it means to be an American. It is also one of his most ambitious novels.

Contemporary poet Natasha Trethewey won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for her book "Native Guard" after a successful debut with her "Domestic Work" and "Bollocq's Ophelia."

Fearing for his family's safety in 1930s Europe, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Bromfield returns home to Ohio and starts a farm that remains part of his legacy.

This 2004 Pulitzer Finalist is a facsinating play about global discourse seasoned with hostess Suzie and culinary delights from Anjou Pear Salad to Amuse Bouche!