A rare occurrence in Pulitzer history took place this week, with the panel electing not to award any of its three finalists the prestigious prize for a work of fiction. Though not unheard of, the decision is uncommon, the last …
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In Praise of Reading and Fiction
Last October, Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize for his writing about the political power struggles of Latin America. In an article following the award, The New York Times called Vargas Llosa an “anti-totalitarian intellectual whose …
Kindle to Launch Library Lending: Check Out This Year’s Pulitzer Prize Winners and More, Free!
For me, books are like crack. I cannot have enough. I cannot read enough. When I got my Kindle for Christmas, I told myself, “Hey, self! Look! Everything in public domain is free! You won’t fall victim to the latest New …
The First Annual Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
The University of Alabama is pleased to announce a new award for legal fiction in honor of one of its most famous residents and former students, novelist Harper Lee. In 1960, Lee’s first (and only) novel To Kill a Mockingbird …
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National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists Announced
This past Saturday, the finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Awards were announced. Among the finalists are Johnathan Franzen for Freedom and Siddhartha Mukharjee for The Emperor of All Maladies. Along with the Pulitzer Prize (2010 winner, Tinkers by Paul …
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The Tempest With a Twist and the Nobel in Literature
One of the reasons for the endurance of the works of William Shakespeare is their ability to be adapted in many different ways. Romeo and Juliet has been set in during the Civil War and in Chicago’s ganglands of the …
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2010 Nobel Prize in Literature
Congrats to Mario Vargas Llosa, who was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. It was announced this morning at a ceremony in Sweden. Considered one of Latin America’s greatest authors, the 74-year-old Llosa has penned numerous novels, plays, and essays. …