Jeffrey C. Stewart

Pulitzers given to Aretha Franklin, author Richard Powers

By HILLEL ITALIEApril 15, 2019 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Aretha Franklin received an honorary Pulitzer Prize on Monday, as judges praised the Queen of Soul "for her indelible contribution to American music and culture...

Sigrid Nunez’s novel “The Friend” wins National Book Award

BY HILLEL ITALIENovember 15, 2018 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Sigrid Nunez's "The Friend," a meditative novel about grief, books and, not least, a Great Dane named Apollo, has won the National Book Award for fiction...