Last week, I learnt with sadness about the passing of Harper Lee. Her book To Kill a Mockingbird is a favorite of mine and is, in my opinion, one of the best American classics. Born Nelle Harper Lee on 28 April 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama, she was the youngest of 4 children. Her father was a lawyer, perhaps the inspiration for Atticus Finch. Her mother suffered from mental illness, and…
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The 2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners for Books and Drama
Yesterday, the 2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners for Books and Drama were announced: Fiction: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Drama: The Flick by Annie Baker History: The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 by Alan Taylor Biography: Margaret Fuller: A New American Life by Megan Marshall Poetry: 3 Sections by Vijay Seshadri General Non-Fiction: Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award administered by Columbia University in New York. It was…