pulitzer

"Beyond War" by David Rohde

Joe Donahue — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:10:00 +0000

In Beyond War: Reimagining American Influence in a New Middle East, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Rohde distills eleven years of expert reporting into a call for change.

An incisive look at the evolving nature of war, Rohde exposes how a dysfunctional Washington squandered billions on contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, neglected its true allies in the war on terror and failed to employ its most potent nonmilitary weapons.

Pulitzer Prize winner Charles H. Fuller at The Egg on 4/18

Joe Donahue — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:10:00 +0000

The African American Cultural Center of the Capital Region is committed to educating, enriching, and empowering residents of the Capital Region through a variety of programs that raise the collective consciousness of all ethnicities to the rich and vibrant history, contribution, and culture of African Americans.

This Thursday, April 18th, The African American Cultural Center of the Capital Region will hold a Gala fundraiser in the Swyer Theater at The Egg in Albany, New York.

The evening will include performances of scenes from A Soldier's Play, by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Charles H. Fuller, a conversation with -and award presentation to- Fuller – and more.

Junot Diaz at Bard College on 4/1

Joe Donahue — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:35:00 +0000

Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Díaz’s first book, Drown, established him as a major new writer. His first novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, won the Pulitzer Prize. His latest, This Is How You Lose Her, features nine stories. At the center of each - is Yunior, a Dominican American who, despite his macho exterior, aches to be loved and the book explores the haunting, impossible power of love.

Diaz will be at Bard College on Monday, April 1st.

Pulitzer Prize winner, Tim Weiner, at Carey Center for Global Good in Rensselaerville, NY

Joe Donahue — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:10:00 +0000

Enemies: A History of the FBI is the first definitive history of the FBI’s secret intelligence operations, from an author whose work on the Pentagon and the CIA won him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

We think of the FBI as America’s police force. But secret intelligence is the Bureau’s first and foremost mission. Enemies is the story of how presidents have used the FBI as the most formidable intelligence force in American history.

Here is the hidden history of America’s hundred-year war on terror. As a correspondent for The New York Times, Tim Weiner he covered the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington and terrorism in Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Sudan, and other nations. Enemies is his fourth book. Weiner will be speaking tomorrow at the Carey Center for Global Good in Rensselaerville.

The Book Show #1284 - Tracy Kidder and Richard Todd

Joe Donahue — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:06:00 +0000

In 1973 in the offices of The Atlantic Monthly in Boston, a young freelance writer named Tracy Kidder came looking for an assignment. Richard Todd was the editor that encouraged him.

After much success they have written the new book, Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction, which explores three major non-fiction forms: narratives, essays, and memoirs.

The Book Show #1281 and #1282 - Richard Russo

Joe Donahue — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:05:00 +0000

1281 - Aired on 2/5 and 2/7

1282 - Aired on 2/12 and 2/14

After eight commanding works of fiction, Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Russo now turns to memoir in a hilarious, moving, and always surprising account of his life, his parents, and the upstate New York town they all struggled variously to escape.

Anyone familiar with Richard Russo's acclaimed novels will recognize Gloversville - once famous for producing gloves and anything else made of leather. This is where the author grew up, the only son of an aspirant mother and a charming, feckless father who were born into this close-knit community. But by the time of his childhood in the 1950s, prosperity was replaced by poverty and illness (often tannery-related), with everyone barely scraping by.

"The Third Bullet" by Stephen Hunter

Joe Donahue — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:45:00 +0000

Stephen Hunter is a former Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for The Washington Post and best-selling novelist.

His new novel, The Third Bullet, has his recurring hero, Bob Lee Swagger, question details of what happened in shooting death of JFK.

Hunter has written 18 novels — eight of them featuring Swagger, a former Marine sniper.

Richard Russo

Joe Donahue — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:04:00 +0000

"The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War" by Fred Kaplan

Joe Donahue — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:10:00 +0000

Fred Kaplan is a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and author of The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War.

Fred Kaplan broke the news of Paula Broadwell’s involvement in Petraeus’ resignation from the CIA in his “War Stories” column in Slate. Now, he draws on secret documents, private emails, and extensive interviews with more than one hundred key players, including Petraeus, to deliver many news-making revelations.

The Book Show #1276 - Michael Chabon

Joe Donahue — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:06:00 +0000

Telegraph Avenue is the eighth novel by Michael Chabon who won the Pulitzer in 2001 for