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This past year the National Book Award celebrated its 60th anniversary by conducting a public poll to select the best work of fiction that had won the award. To make the short list for this poll, the National Book Foundation balloted a number of select writers to pick their three favorite winners. Interestingly, four out the six books chosen were short story collections—the collected stories of William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Flannery O’Connor, and John Cheever respectively. Only two were novels—Thomas Pynchon’s “Gravity?...

Author: By Theodore J. Gioia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Making the Case for the American Story | 4/13/2010 | See Source »

Last Tuesday, Lin-Manuel Miranda—writer, composer, and former star of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical “In the Heights”—came to speak at Harvard about his writing experiences and career. After his lecture at Professor Carol J. Oja’s course Literature and Arts B-85: “American Musicals and American Culture,” he sat down and talked with The Crimson about everything from the “Heights” and new musicals he’s currently working on to his creative...

Author: By Thomas J. Snyder, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SPOTLIGHT: Lin-Manuel Miranda | 4/13/2010 | See Source »

Josh Ozersky is a James Beard Award-winning food writer and the author of The Hamburger: A History. His food video site, Ozersky.TV, is updated daily. He is currently at work on a biography of Colonel Sanders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Foodies, Ramps Are the New Arugula | 4/13/2010 | See Source »

Bajwa’s work over the past couple of years came to fruition in the 2009-10 season, when the women’s team won the Howe Cup as national champions as well as the Barhite Award, given to the team with the best dual record. Bajwa also coached freshman Laura Gemmell and co-captain Colin West to their respective individual national titles...

Author: By Brian A. Campos and Naveen N. Srivatsa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: In Surprise Move, Athletic Department Denies Squash Coach Bajwa Contract Renewal | 4/9/2010 | See Source »

...roughly 1,000 mostly American troops at the Manas, which is located 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Bishkek. The Pentagon plainly has no intention of leaving, even though the current yearlong lease expires in July. During the past month alone, it has issued solicitations seeking to award paving, janitorial and shuttle-bus contracts. It's also seeking to buy airplane-handling equipment, computers, tools and inflatable maintenance shelters for the transit center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could the U.S. Lose Its Base in Kyrgyzstan? | 4/9/2010 | See Source »

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