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Pulitzer goes to Martin Luther King Jr. biographer
The Columbian· 6 days agoChicago historian Jonathan Eig won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography for “King: A Life,” his 2023 biography of Martin Luther King Jr., a bestseller...
Biographer offers an unvarnished look at pre-eminent civil rights icon
Republican-American· 4 days ago(author of “Ali”) illustrates how King exemplifies that courage and remains an icon of the Civil...
Roundup of 2024 Pulitzer Prizes for literature
Republican-American· 4 days agoA beautifully rendered novel set in West Virginia’s Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in the aftermath of the Civil War where a severely wounded Union...
Every so often, a book comes along that changes everything; enter Jonathan Eig and 'King'
Republican-American· 4 days agoJonathan Eig’s “King: A Life” was released in May and within weeks, columnists and reporters were...
LIBRARY: Staff picks
Montrose Daily Press· 3 days agoTaylor loves finding dishes they can prepare with pantry staples, and this cookbook is full of delicious meals that require few additional ingredients....
This celebrated historian has a long relationship with KC. She’ll return next month
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 5 days agoGoodwin hasn’t written a biography of the Man From Independence, but her new production company,...
J. Gary Cooper, Pathbreaking Marine Leader, Is Dead at 87
New York Times· 2 days agoJ. Gary Cooper, a two-star general and the first African American to lead a Marine infantry company...
Someone San Diego Should Know: Annette Hubbell
U-T San Diego· 12 hours agoHarriet Tubman, an escaped slave who participated in a network of safe houses known as the Underground Railroad, stood on the stage alone talking about...
How San Francisco’s ‘queer abundance’ inspires the fiction of R.O. Kwon
SFChronicle Datebook· 5 days agoA night out at the San Francisco Ballet changed author R.O. Kwon’s life — and the trajectory of her...