Music Lessons From A Master: 'Hallelujah Junction'
Dec 31st, 2008 · In a new memoir, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams chronicles his life and offers insights into his acclaimed - and often controversial — operas and orchestral works.
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The Poetic 'Shadow' Of Memory, Mortality
Dec 16th, 2008 · Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and essayist William Stanley Merwin was known in the 1960s as an anti-war poet. Now an environmental activist, Merwin has published a new book of poems, The Shadow of Sirius, which addresses themes of memory and mortality.
Poets' Letters Describe A Love Of Words *
Dec 14th, 2008 · Robert Lowell was a Pulitzer Prize winner before he was 30. Elizabeth Bishop was compared to Emily Dickenson. A new book explores one of the literary world's most entwined relationships — an unlikely pairing and, in its way, a kind of love story.
In 'Doubt': Adapting A Parable Proves Problematic
Dec 11th, 2008 · On its journey from stage to screen, John Patrick Shanley's drama of a priest and a nun at odds over their flock lost its sense of universality — and the metaphorical weight that helped win it a Pulitzer Prize.
Philip Seymour Hoffman: When In 'Doubt' *
Dec 10th, 2008 · Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in the film Doubt, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play. His character, a priest, provokes suspicion for his attention to a young student.
Big Three Loan May Come With Conditions
Dec 8th, 2008 · Congress is considering lending money to automakers to get them through this tough financial period, but the loan may come with conditions. Paul Ingrassia, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on General Motors, discusses the situation.
The Challenges Facing The Next VA Secretary **
Dec 7th, 2008 · Andrea Seabrook looks back at the moment that thrust Gen. Eric Shinseki into the spotlight: his prewar call to send far more troops into Iraq. She also speaks to Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Dana Priest, who broke the story of the deplorable conditions for veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, about the challenges Shinseki faces at the VA.
Will Obama's Presidency Change Perceptions Among Blacks? ***
Nov 26th, 2008 · In the latest installment of the series, What Now?, which explores the impact of the nation's first-elected black president, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist William Raspberry, Spelman College professor William Jelani Cobb and Columbia University Law Professor and Patricia Williams discuss how Barack Obama empowers African-American communities.
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