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Mallika Rao

The Surprise Pulitzer Winner Speaks

HuffingtonPost.com | Mallika Rao | Posted 04.18.2012

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On Monday afternoon, Ray Beauchamp looked at the front page of The New York Times website and started to scream. In the Bronx offices of Legal Service...

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Quiara Alegria Hudes Wins Pulitzer Prize For Drama

AP | MARK KENNEDY | Posted 04.16.2012

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NEW YORK — Quiara Alegria Hudes's play "Water by the Spoonful," about an Iraq war veteran struggling to find his place in the world, has won the...

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Opera Wins 2012 Pulitzer Prize For Music

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 04.16.2012

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Kevin Puts' opera, "Silent Night" has won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Commissioned by the Minnesota Opera with co-producer Opera Company of...

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Michael Calderone

HuffPost Wins 1st Pulitzer Prize

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 04.17.2012

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NEW YORK -- Huffington Post senior military correspondent David Wood has spent decades covering war, watching as wounded combat troops are loaded onto...

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WATCH: 'Maus' Author On His Unconventional Masterpiece

Posted 11.26.2011

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In any retelling of an event as unspeakable as the Holocaust, much will be lost in translation. With Art Spiegelman's 'Maus,' the retelling is in the ...

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Why Not Give The Onion A Pulitzer?

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.20.2011

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Chris Weigant

The Onion, of course, is satire, so their campaign for a Pulitzer is heavily laced with humor. Humorous or not, though, they've got a serious point.

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Book Reviews: Will The Los Angeles Review Of Books Be Funded?

Publishers Weekly | Wendy Werris | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Los Angeles Review of Books, an online periodical that will include multiplatform book reviews, author profiles, Skype interviews, and readings as...

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Anthony Shadid: Questions a Reporter Asks Himself (AUDIO)

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christopher Lydon

I find it almost painful to come to the States... I tell you, part of me is convinced that the legacy of this war is that Americans come away thinki...

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2010 Pulitzer Prizes: Good News

Charles Warner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles Warner

The 2010 Pulitzer Prizes were good news that not only reinforced the notion of what good journalism is, but they also, by what they left out, reminded us of what bad journalism is.

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'Stop Crying in Our Beer,' Pulitzer-Winning Editor Tells Media

Jane Podesta | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane Podesta

While struggling big media honchos bemoan the end of print, an obscure newspaper in the coalfields of southeastern VA turned off the endless white noise and captured a Pulitzer Prize.

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Literary MVPs: Have The Best Books Won The Most Prizes?

The Millions | C. Max Magee | Posted 05.25.2011

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With the awarding of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the 2009/2010 literary award season is now over, which gives us the opportunity to...

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2010 Pulitzer Prize Winners For Letters, Drama, And Music

nytimes.com | The NEW YORK TIMES | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday. Paul Harding won the fiction prize for his novel "Tinkers," while the drama award went to the musical "...

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New Yorker Editor David Remnick's Obama Biography Too Soft On The President?

Bloomberg | Jeffrey Burke | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some have seen Barack Obama as shape-shifter, world-class networker, memoirist, savior or putz. In "The Bridge," David Remnick, editor of the New Yor...

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Kai Bird on Israel-Palestine: Cancel the Apocalypse (AUDIO)

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christopher Lydon

Kai Bird, as a Pulitzer-grade biographer and historian, is drawn to the apocalyptic. He's been "obsessed with things atomic," as he says -- with bomb...

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Pulitzer: A Lost World Where Words Mattered

James McGrath Morris | Posted 05.25.2011

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James McGrath Morris

In one stroke, Pulitzer simultaneously elevated the common man and took his spare change. The World was good and readers flocked.

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Book Review Roundup

Posted 05.25.2011

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Did you miss the weekend's book reviews? Check out some of the highlights here: "Burning Bright," Ron Rash The New York Times [T]he skill with which...

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'Pulitzer's Gold': The Irreplaceable Role Of Investigative Journalism

James B. Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

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James B. Steele

Nobody knows what the future holds for print, but Harris has given us a book that will inspire journalists to pursue public service journalism in whatever format it takes.

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Here's a Scoop: Pulitzers Still Fascinate Journalism Students

Roy J. Harris Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roy J. Harris Jr.

In this era of disappearing ink-and-paper, journalism schools are scrambling to make sense of the media chaos. But something all students want to hear are Pulitzer Prize "back stories".

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The Story of Another Manual Typewriter's Journey

Carol Hoenig | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carol Hoenig

When other girls were asking for Barbie dolls, I was wishing for a typewriter, one that would actually tap out a world of my own creation.

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The Film of Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road' Is About To Open, So I Read the Book. I'm Still Shaking.

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jesse Kornbluth

Opening soon: the movie made from the novel of The Road. I saw the preview and was impressed, so I picked up the book. And, to my surprise, it knocked me out.

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Screenwriter John Patrick Shanley on "Ups and Downs," Taking Moonstruck to Broadway and the Plays That Inspired Him

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jon Chattman

Late last year, as part of the American Theater Wing's book The Play That Changed My Life, Shanley spoke out on those that inspired him throughout his career.

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Babu's Story: A Child Worker In The Shipyards Of Bangladesh

Sandy Tolan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sandy Tolan

For many of the children here, the idea that they shouldn't work is an entirely foreign concept. Despite laws in Bangladesh restricting child labor, the reality is starkly different.

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Online Entries Shut Out in Pulitzers: Why?

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Greg Mitchell

We reported exclusively late yesterday that indeed, the board received 65 entries from online sites (from 37 separate sites) but 21 were rejected outright-- a rather high number.

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Q & A: A Chorus Line Vets Baayork Lee and Yuka Takara Make Their Moves In Every Little Step

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brad Balfour

Being in A Chorus Line -- a show that is not only a conceptual benchmark for Broadway musicals but the fourth longest running show of all time -- is any singer/dancer/actor's dream job.

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Congrats Web Writers: You Are Now Pulitzer Eligible!

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Greg Mitchell

The true sign of the times in the media industry: It was announced today that, for the first time, Web-only news outlets will be eligible for Pulitzer Prizes.

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