Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Forget the Pulitzer. Aim for a "genius" grant.

$500,000, no strings attached.

This year's list of MacArthur Foundation felllowship winners includes one young writer, Chimamanda Adichie, "who illuminates the complexities of human experience in works inspired by events in her native Nigeria." Her book, Half of a Yellow Sun, is next on my to-read list.

Details about Adichie's life and work are here; full list of this year's winners here.

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