Yale Poetry Prof. Claudia Rankine and artist-writer Lauren Redniss, who grew up in Stamford, are among this year's recipients of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowships. Announced Sept. 22, the fellowships, nicknamed "genius grants," are no-strings-attached grants of $625,000,...
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:21AM on September 22, 2016