Laila Lalami » Blog Archive » Who Should Have Won the Pulitzer?
On April 16, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced that there were three finalists for the award in fiction, but no winner—a decision that sparked an outcry in some parts of the literary community. The three finalists were The Pale King, by David Foster Wallace; Swamplandia! by Karen Russell; and Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson. Each book had many vocal supporters, who were understandably upset at seeing their favorite be passed over—and not for another book, but for no book at all. So the New York Times Magazine asked eight critics and writers, including me, to write about the books they would have chosen for the prize. You can read about our choices here. And you can chime in with your own here. Share/Bookmark
on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 at 7:30 am	and is filed under literary life, personal.
Twitter@rabihalameddine Yes, please. about 7 hours ago from Twitter Web Client in reply to rabihalameddine@PKhakpour Me, too. about 11 hours ago from Twitter Web Client in reply to PKhakpour@talhaydar The best thing to do is to query a specific editor with a description of your essay. If there's interest, then you can send. 11:14:46 AM September 29, 2016 from Twitter Web Client in reply to talhaydar@lailalalamiSearch
Laila Lalami » Blog Archive » Who Should Have Won the Pulitzer?
On April 16, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced that there were three finalists for the award in fiction, but no winner—a decision that sparked an outcry in some parts of the literary community. The three finalists were The Pale King, by David Foster Wallace; Swamplandia! by Karen Russell; and Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson. Each book had many vocal supporters, who were understandably upset at seeing their favorite be passed over—and not for another book, but for no book at all. So the New York Times Magazine asked eight critics and writers, including me, to write about t
he books they would have chosen for the prize. You can read about our choices here. And you can chime in with your own here. Share/Bookmark
on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 at 7:30 am	and is filed under literary life, personal.
Twitter@rabihalameddine Yes, please. about 7 hours ago from Twitter Web Client in reply to rabihalameddine@PKhakpour Me, too. about 11 hours ago from Twitter Web Client in reply to PKhakpour@talhaydar The best thing to do is to query a specific editor with a description of your essay. If there's interest, then you can send. 11:14:46 AM September 29, 2016 from Twitter Web Client in reply to talhaydar@lailalalamiSearch