22 stories by "Hillel Italie"
Pulitzer Prize judges have awarded the fiction prize to Daniel Kraus for ‘Angel Down,’ a World War I narrative told in one long sentence
The Pulitzer Prize for fiction was awarded Monday to two class-conscious novels: "Demon Copperhead," Barbara Kingsolver's modern recasting of the Dickens classic "David Copperfield," and Her…
Joshua Cohen's "The Netanyahus," a comic and rigorous campus novel based on the true story of the father of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeking a job in academia, has wo…
NEW YORK (AP) -- The American Academy of Arts and Letters condemned the "abhorrent" conduct of members facing sexual harassment allegations, but declined to take fur…
Richard Wilbur, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and translator who intrigued and delighted generations of readers and theatergoers through his rhyming editions of Moliere and his own verse o…
NEW YORK (AP) -- "Sgt. Pepper" was only the beginning. Half a century after the Beatles' psychedelic landmark, it stands as just one of many musical astonis…
NEW YORK (AP) -- "Sgt. Pepper" was only the beginning. Half a century after the Beatles' psychedelic landmark, it stands as one of many musical astonishment…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Ron Chernow, the historian who helped inspire the musical "Hamilton," has a biography of Ulysses Grant coming out in October....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The much-publicized face-off between the cast of "Hamilton" and Vice President-elect Mike Pence, when actor Brandon Dixon read a brief statement fro…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Not even "Hamilton" can keep up with these numbers....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and 11 Tony Awards, "Hamilton" is a cultural phenomenon that stands as the most celebrated work of art ever inspired by…
Speaking on stage at Broadway's Ambassador Theatre, Ta-Nehisi Coates remembered studying at Howard University and being mesmerized by a few lines from the poem "Personal Letter No. 3." "We a…
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Broadway audience was on its feet. Not for "Hamilton" or "The Humans," but for a trio of celebrated writers: Toni Morrison, Ta…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Character actor Abe Vigoda, whose leathery, sunken-eyed face made him ideal for playing the over-the-hill detective Phil Fish in the 1970s TV series "Barney …
NEW YORK (AP) -- The latest round of raves for Mary-Louise Parker is not for her acting, but for her writing....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Oscar winner Martin Scorsese is 73 and one of the world's most revered filmmakers. Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda is 35 and among the most dynamic actor-play…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Before his mother became the model for Blanche DuBois of "A Streetcar Named Desire" and his sister the inspiration for Laura Wingfield of "The Glass Menagerie," Tennesse…
Amiri Baraka, the militant man of letters and tireless agitator whose blues-based, fist-shaking poems, plays and criticism made him a provocative and groundbreaking force in American culture…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Amiri Baraka, the militant man of letters and tireless agitator whose blues-based, fist-shaking poems, plays and criticism made him a provocative and groundbreaking forc…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stephen Sondheim and Paul Simon, two longtime New Yorkers and giants of American song, embody two very different musical traditions....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Gore Vidal seemed able not only to do anything, but to do it all at the same time. In the early 1960s, you might catch him on a television talk show, read an essay of hi…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Nora Ephron, the essayist, author and filmmaker who challenged and thrived in the male-dominated worlds of movies and journalism and was loved, respected and feared for …
