DescriptionThis play tells the powerful story of an epileptic woman in her early 40s systematically preparing her own death...and the frantic and touching efforts of her mother to stop her. This searing drama, which won the Pulitzer Prize on Broadway, is guaranteed to keep any listener on the edge of their seat. Starring (in alphabetical order): Sharon Gless as Jessie Cates Katherine Helmond as Thelma Cates…
DescriptionMohammed Naseehu Ali, a native of Ghana, came to the United States when he was sixteen. His debut story collection, The Prophet of Zongo Street, was published in August, and includes his New Yorker story "Mallam Sile", which appeared in the April 11th issue. A musician as well as a writer, he plays the djembe and the talking drum. Jhumpa Lahiri won a Pulitzer Prize for her debut story collection, Interpreter of Maladies, which includes three stories that were published in The New Yorker . Her first novel, The Namesake, parts of which originally appeared in the magazine, has been made into a feature film by the director Mira Nair. It is slated for release next year.
DescriptionDavid Bezmozgis was born in Latvia in 1973 and emigrated to Canada in 1980. His debut story collection, Natasha and Other Stories, which includes his New Yorker story "Tapka", was published last year. His most recent story for the magazine, "The Russian Riviera", appeared in the May 30th issue. He is currently at work on a novel and on a feature film. T. Coraghessan Boyle?s many books include the novels The Road to Wellville, World's End, and Drop City . His new story collections, The Human Fly and Other Stories and Tooth and Claw, whose title story appeared in The New Yorker and was selected for The Best American Short Stories 2004, are out this fall. He has been a contributor to the magazine since 1993.
DescriptionEdward P. Jones's first book, the story collection Lost in the City, won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. His debut novel, The Known World, was published last year and won a Pulitzer Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. His most recent New Yorker story, "Adam Robinson", appeared in the 2004 Winter Fiction Issue. Marilynne Robinson made her literary debut in 1981 with the novel Housekeeping, which received a Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. This year, she won a Pulitzer Prize for her second novel, Gilead, which was published last fall. Parts of the novel originally appeared in The New Yorker .
DescriptionAnnie Proulx's books include the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Shipping News and the story collections Bad Dirt and Wyoming Stories . A story from that collection, "Brokeback Mountain", which first appeared in The New Yorker, has been made into a feature film directed by Ang Lee; it premieres in December. She is at work on a memoir about building a house on what will become an avian preserve. Richard Ford is the author of five novels, among them The Sportswriter and Independence Day, which won a Pulitzer Prize. His most recent book, the story collection A Multitude of Sins, includes several stories from The New Yorker . His novel The Lay of the Land, the third in the Frank Bascombe trilogy, will be published next year.
DescriptionSexton, along with Robert Lowell, and Sylvia Plath, is among the major poets of the Confessional movement. Sexton used poetry as therapy and wrote openly about her lovers, menstruation, abortion, and other problems. Her 1966 book, Live or Die, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize. Sexton lost her battle with mental illness when she committed suicide in 1974.
DescriptionIn 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son, an account of himself and his forebears. Ames is the son of an Iowan preacher and the grandson of a minister who, as a young man in Maine, saw a vision of Christ bo…
