Liam
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Re: 2017 Pulitzer Prizes
Wake up, Dan, it's already in the toilet, just waiting to be flushed
Pulitzer Prizes
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Stevie B
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Re: 2017 Pulitzer Prizes
Isa, branding an author a "nobody" just because you had never previously heard of him seems like a pretty shorted-sighted thing to do. Perhaps you're too reliant on lists. There are many excellent writers who never receive literary awards or are even nominated for them. Although I've never read Greer, I've been tempted to. I occasionally come across his first two novels in used bookstores. Both were very well received when they came out a number of years ago. Greer was even cited by some back then as one of America's best young writers. About his new novel, I know absolutely nothing, but I can confidently say that Greer is not a writer who came out of nowhere.
Isa, branding an author a "nobody" just because you had never previously heard of him seems like a pretty shorted-sighted thing to do. Perhaps you're too reliant on lists. There are many excellent writers who never receive literary awards or are even nominated for them. Although I've never read Greer, I've been tempted to. I occasionally come across his first two novels in used bookstores. Both were very well received when they came out a number of years ago. Greer was even cited by some back then as one of America's best young writers. About his new novel, I know absolutely nothing, but I can confidently say that Greer is not a writer who came out of nowhere.
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Ater Lividus Ruber & V
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I've never heard of him, either - but I barely read American literature, and of that, even less contemporary works. That being said, a quick peek at his Wiki has some glowing praise from Updike: His third book, The Confessions of Max Tivoli, came out in 2004. Writing in The New Yorker, John Updike called the book “enchanting, in the perfumed, dandified style of disenchantment brought to grandeur by Proust and Nabokov.”[SUP][13][/SUP] Mitch Albom then chose The Confessions of Max Tivoli for the Today Show Book Club and it soon became a bestseller.
He's also won five awards prior to this, so although he might not be well known, he's definitely not a creature from the void lol
If that's your outlook, then how do you wake everyday and tell yourself your work on the thesis is important?
I've never heard of him, either - but I barely read American literature, and of that, even less contemporary works. That being said, a quick peek at his Wiki has some glowing praise from Updike: His third book, The Confessions of Max Tivoli, came out in 2004. Writing in The New Yorker, John Updike called the book “enchanting, in the perfumed, dandified style of disenchantment brought to grandeur by Proust and Nabokov.”[SUP][13][/SUP] Mitch Albom then chose The Confessions of Max Tivoli for the Today Show Book Club and it soon became a bestseller.
He's also won five awards prior to this, so although he might not be well known, he's definitely not a creature from the void lol
Wake up, Dan, it's already in the toilet, just waiting to be flushed
If that's your outlook, then how do you wake everyday and tell yourself your work on the thesis is important?
Liam
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Re: 2017 Pulitzer Prizes
Also, it saves me from boredom (for now at least).
I suppose we must all do something with our lives,
Also, it saves me from boredom (for now at least).
Ater Lividus Ruber & V
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Re: 2017 Pulitzer Prizes
It is a good use of your time -- much better than the alternative of being hired as Trump's Russian interpreter!
I suppose we must all do something with our lives,
It is a good use of your time -- much better than the alternative of being hired as Trump's Russian interpreter!
Liam
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Hehe, definitely my SECOND choice, after Professor of Medieval Literature,
Ater Lividus Ruber & V
我ヲ學ブ者ハ死ス
Re: 2017 Pulitzer Prizes
Ah... a tenured position in the ivory tower, or a tenured position in the big house. Decisions, decisions
Ah... a tenured position in the ivory tower, or a tenured position in the big house. Decisions, decisions
Stevie B
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Re: 2017 Pulitzer Prizes
I think tenure in the White House cabinet nowadays lasts for about six months.
I think tenure in the White House cabinet nowadays lasts for about six months.
Ater Lividus Ruber & V
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haha, I meant big house as in slang for prison, since it seems that's where many of his associates shall end up
haha, I meant big house as in slang for prison, since it seems that's where many of his associates shall end up
redhead
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Re: 2017 Pulitzer Prizes
Speaking of which, surprising no one, the Washington Post and the New York Times won a Pulitzer for their coverage of his dumpster fire of an "administration":
For deeply sourced, relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest that dramatically furthered the nation’s understanding of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and its connections to the Trump campaign, the President-elect’s transition team and his eventual administration. (The New York Times entry, submitted in this category, was moved into contention by the Board and then jointly awarded the Prize.)
Speaking of which, surprising no one, the Washington Post and the New York Times won a Pulitzer for their coverage of his dumpster fire of an "administration":
For deeply sourced, relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest that dramatically furthered the nation’s understanding of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and its connections to the Trump campaign, the President-elect’s transition team and his eventual administration. (The New York Times entry, submitted in this category, was moved into contention by the Board and then jointly awarded the Prize.)
tiganeasca
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Re: 2017 Pulitzer Prizes
^Ater, Lividus, Ruber & V: I lost a lot of what little regard I had for Updike's views on literature when I recently learned about his review of Abdelrahman Munif's Cities of Salt. Not only did Updike dismiss him as a "campfire explainer," he wrote that Munif was “insufficiently Westernized to produce a narrative that feels much like what we call a novel[.]”
The ways in which that comment is offensive boggles the mind.
^Ater, Lividus, Ruber & V: I lost a lot of what little regard I had for Updike's views on literature when I recently learned about his review of Abdelrahman Munif's Cities of Salt. Not only did Updike dismiss him as a "campfire explainer," he wrote that Munif was “insufficiently Westernized to produce a narrative that feels much like what we call a novel[.]”
The ways in which that comment is offensive boggles the mind.
Liam
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Re: 2017 Pulitzer Prizes
^I agree that the comment is indeed questionable, but remember, poets and novelists rarely write good reviews. You'd think it was the opposite but it's true. I think it's to be expected, if you create literature then you're going to have strong views about what constitutes literature, real literature. Scholars and reviewers on the other hand can remain more indifferent, which often results in excellent commentary.
^I agree that the comment is indeed questionable, but remember, poets and novelists rarely write good reviews. You'd think it was the opposite but it's true. I think it's to be expected, if you create literature then you're going to have strong views about what constitutes literature, real literature. Scholars and reviewers on the other hand can remain more indifferent, which often results in excellent commentary.
Stevie B
Current Member
I tend to enjoy campus novels, but have avoided reading David Lodge so far because I've heard the same about some of his writing.
Dante
Wild Reader
So happy about this! Although isn't his best book, I think is a worth read that – one more time – sheds a peculiar light on a dark time in the US.
Moreover, I had dinner with Colson Whitehead last september and he is a really nice guy, so I'm also glad for the man behind the writer!
Moreover, I had dinner with Colson Whitehead last september and he is a really nice guy, so I'm also glad for the man behind the writer!
Americanreader
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I was a fan of The Tradition by Jericho Brown which won the poetry Pulitzer. I haven’t read the Whitehead yet though
garzuit
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Louise Erdrich has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction 2021 for her novel The Night Watchman. I only have read one of her novels, The Round House, and it was marvelous. It was about how a family in a North Dakota indian preservation copes with the rape of the mother, and the 13 year-old boy seeks the culprit and avenge her mother.
The Night Watchman is about "the battle to stop the displacement and elimination of several Native American tribes in the 1950s", according to the article. I look forward to reading more novels from her.
The Night Watchman is about "the battle to stop the displacement and elimination of several Native American tribes in the 1950s", according to the article. I look forward to reading more novels from her.
Louise Erdrich's 'The Night Watchman' wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction
For the second consecutive year, the Puliitzer Prizes were awarded via video stream Friday due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Seven arts prizes were given.
www.usatoday.com
OverTheMountains
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Louise Erdrich has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction 2021 for her novel The Night Watchman. I only have read one of her novels, The Round House, and it was marvelous. It was about how a family in a North Dakota indian preservation copes with the rape of the mother, and the 13 year-old boy seeks the culprit and avenge her mother.
The Night Watchman is about "the battle to stop the displacement and elimination of several Native American tribes in the 1950s", according to the article. I look forward to reading more novels from her.
Louise Erdrich's 'The Night Watchman' wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction
For the second consecutive year, the Puliitzer Prizes were awarded via video stream Friday due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Seven arts prizes were given.www.usatoday.com
This is great news! I haven't read this book, but I've read quite a few by Erdrich, and I would place her as one of my favourite writers in English right now, and a good contender for the Nobel. She does some pretty amazing stuff with her literature.
This may be one of the first Pulitzer winners that I rush out to get. She's almost certainly worth the read.
redhead
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This year’s prize went to Joshua Cohen’s The Netanyahus. He’s been on my radar for a while thanks to Witz, but I’ve never actually read anything by him. I’m guessing The Netanyahus wouldn’t be a bad place to start.
The finalists were Monkey Boy by Francisco Goldman and Palmares by Gayl Jones, both of whom I’m unfamiliar with
Full list of winners:
www.pulitzer.org
The finalists were Monkey Boy by Francisco Goldman and Palmares by Gayl Jones, both of whom I’m unfamiliar with
Full list of winners:
The Pulitzer Prizes
www.pulitzer.org
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