It's 'genius grant'-time, as this years batch of MacArthur Fellowships -- "$625,000 to the recipient, paid out in equal quarterly installments over five years" -- are announced.
Early AP reports -- such as here, at the Daily Press -- reveal the fellows. Not too many writerly types, but Donald Antrim picks one up, as do youngsters Tarell McCraney and Karen Russell. (Playwright McCraney has racked up quite the year: he already picked up a $150,000 Windham Campbell Prize just a few weeks ago .....)
Early AP reports -- such as here, at the Daily Press -- reveal the fellows. Not too many writerly types, but Donald Antrim picks one up, as do youngsters Tarell McCraney and Karen Russell. (Playwright McCraney has racked up quite the year: he already picked up a $150,000 Windham Campbell Prize just a few weeks ago .....)