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Arts and Culture Roundup: no Pulitzer for fiction, Muy Bien Lumbera, Cirque du Soleil’s ...
Sat, 05 May 2012 15:33:06 -0700
LITERATURE No Pulitzer for Fiction The publishing world, as well as book fans, complained the absence of a Pulitzer fiction winner, explaining that it gave an impression that 2011 was a bad year for novels. Critics were concerned that it would hurt sales and the industry’s reputation following accusations of fixing prices for e-books. Among the authors who lost were Denis Johnson for Train ...
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Orange pulls out of fiction prize
Tue, 22 May 2012 02:49:19 -0700
Mobile phone firm Orange announces that it is ending its 17-year sponsorship of The Women's Prize for Fiction.
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Art Sanctuary presents Celebration of Black Writing
Tue, 22 May 2012 00:22:15 -0700
In its mission to draw inspiration from black culture in Philadelphia, an arts organization is offering its yearly breakout conversation among artists, writers and citizens. The 28th annual Celebration of Black Writing, which began Monday and continues until June 2, attracts creative people from many realms - performance and spoken-word artists, authors, editors, journalists, musicians and other ...
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Knox Writers' House Featured on National Arts Blog
Tue, 22 May 2012 14:20:27 -0700
Guardian News and Media/London In one of the biggest upsets in literary prize history, the mobile services company Orange announced yesterday that it will not be renewing its sponsorship of the prize for women’s fiction that has borne its name since the award’s inception 17 years ago.
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Feted author dies
Wed, 16 May 2012 07:04:23 -0700
Carlos Fuentes, one of the writers who brought Latin American fiction to the world, has died.
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