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...great pity that Frank McCourt couldn't leave swell enough alone and retire as a memoirist after his stupendous success with Angela's Ashes. Unfortunately, the promise of a sequel is given pretty firmly in the pages of his Pulitzer-prizewinning best seller, and McCourt proves to be as good as his word. The dream of coming to America, particularly to New York City, that sustained him through his family's poverty in Limerick has come to pass by the opening pages of 'Tis (Scribner; 367 pages; $26). In the fall of 1959, at age 19, McCourt enjoys his first...
...McCourt said, he spent more time learning than he did teaching...
During his time in New York, McCourt also taught creative writing classes and spent much of his career at Stuyvesant High School, the city's well-known math/science magnet school...
Angela's Ashes, McCourt's first book, is a bestseller and garnered the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. The book has been translated into 25 languages, and 5 million hardcover copies are in print...
...announcement ceremony was followed by a speech by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt, author of the best-selling memoir Angela's Ashes...