MacArthur Genius Awards
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The Lifter: I'm Always Just Begining
Today, the MacArthur Fellows were announced, known casually as the "genius" grants, since the winners are recognized for their unparalleled creativity in …
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The 2010 O Power List
… to her. Yes, I do. — SFC Maurice Cogdell, Fort Bliss, Texas Sarah Ruhl: The power of make-believe A MacArthur Fellowship winner and 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist, Ruhl writes plays that are both absurdist and matter-of-fact, otherworldly …
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Making Fresh Food Affordable
… Growing Power, the three-acre nonprofit farm he established in 1995 in Milwaukee. Allen, a 2008 winner of a MacArthur Fellowship , and his team of 35 full-time employees and 1,000 volunteers use sustainable agricultural practices to grow …
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Follow Your Passion! How to Live Your Life's Purpose
… literary critic and tireless advocate for poetry. He has received numerous awards and fellowships, including a MacArthur Fellowship , a Guggenheim Fellowship and an Ingram Merrill Foundation Award. In 2008, he was elected a chancellor of the …
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Poetry 101
… literary critic and tireless advocate for poetry. He has received numerous awards and fellowships, including a MacArthur Fellowship , a Guggenheim Fellowship and an Ingram Merrill Foundation Award. In 2008, he was elected a chancellor of the …
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About Cormac McCarthy
… fourth novel, Suttree , a book that had occupied his writing life on and off for twenty years. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1981, and published his fifth novel, Blood Meridian , in 1985. After the retirement of Albert Erskine …
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Cormac McCarthy's Life in Books
… squatters—he rises above the physical and human squalor with detachment, humor and dignity. After receiving a MacArthur Fellowship in 1981, Cormac published his fifth novel, Blood Meridian, in 1985. An epic novel of the violence and depravity …
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Where Does Cormac McCarthy Eat Lunch?
… think so bad that usually go up. The reason the reason night McCain knew it was because. Of that 25 like that MacArthur fellowship for humanity. And that's the genius award will with a significantly. The so they had a meeting of these fellows …
night McCain knew it was because. Of that 25 -- like that MacArthur fellowship for humanity. And that's the genius award will -- with a significantly. The so they had a meeting of these fellows -- -
20 Questions with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, one of The New Yorker's 20 Under 40 list of fiction writers to watch and Orange Prize-winning author, answers 20 questions about career coups, greatest influences, favorite foods and more.
