As reported in the New York Times, this year's 25 recipients of $500,000 MacArthur "genius awards" include writers Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of Half of a Yellow Sun, and Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker and author of The Rest Is Noise. Each winner gets $100,000 a year for five years with no strings attached.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
MacArthur Genius Awards
As reported in the New York Times, this year's 25 recipients of $500,000 MacArthur "genius awards" include writers Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of Half of a Yellow Sun, and Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker and author of The Rest Is Noise. Each winner gets $100,000 a year for five years with no strings attached.
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