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Dallas police honor detective cuffed to Oswald

A photo of the moment when Ruby shot the accused presidential assassin Oswald won the Pulitzer Prize.

Critics' Circle names 'Matilda' top musical

Awards have been handed out since 1936, making them the nation's second-oldest theater awards, after the Pulitzer Prize for drama.

Saxophonist Wayne Shorter wins 3 Jazz Awards

Smith's civil rights-themed composition "Ten Freedom Summers" was a 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist.

Pulitzer winner Coll named Columbia j-school dean

Columbia administers the Pulitzer Prizes and its journalism graduate program is generally considered one of the best in the U.S.

Rolin Jones writes a 'big 'ol dumb comedy'

"The result is "The Jammer," a play from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and Emmy Award nominee that makes its off-Broadway premiere this month after eight years of kicking around in various forms and...

Eugene Patterson, 89, voice on civil rights, dies

Under Patterson's leadership, the Times won two Pulitzer Prizes and became known as one of the top newspapers in the country.

Newspaper editor and columnist Patterson, 89, dies

Under his leadership, the Times won two Pulitzer Prizes and became known as one of the top newspapers in the country.

Tom Hanks to reunite with an old buddy on Broadway

Hanks will play Mike McAlary, a gutsy New York City newspaper columnist who won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing that a Haitian immigrant had been sodomized by police officers in 1997.

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War in Europe comes alive in `Guns at Last Light'

The first book covered the North Africa campaign and won the Pulitzer Prize for history; the...

Capital Stage announces 2013-14 theater season

"Clybourne Park" received the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for drama and the 2012 Tony Award for best...

NEW YORK: 'Mockingbird' author Lee sues over copyright in NY

"To Kill a Mockingbird" won the Pulitzer for fiction and is widely assigned in schools.

Blogs

Stephen Colbert Launches "cOlbert's Book Club," and Tackles 'The Great Gatsby'

Stephen Colbert held the first ever "cOlbert's Book Club" last night, dedicating his entire show...

When American Ambassadors Were Still Untouchable

In a 2001 article published in The Atlantic, Samantha Power, author of the Pulitzer-Prize...

FDL Book Salon Welcomes Dina Hampton, Little Red: Three Passionate Lives Through...

If you want a good read on what led to America's war in Vietnam, take a look at the 2013...

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John LaMontaine, Composer, Dies at 93

John LaMontaine, Pulitzer-Winning Composer, Dies at 93

Paul Muldoon fed and feted at Irish ambassador's residence

The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, who was born in County Armagh, Northern Ireland and now teaches...

"August: Osage County" trailer debuts

Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Sam Shepard, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Juliette...