by MBJ Staff Published: February 8,2013
Tags: Clarion Ledger, Houston Chronicle, Lee Cearnal, pulitzer prize
Former Houston Chronicle night editor Lee Cearnal, who oversaw a Pulitzer Prize-winning project while with The Clarion-Ledger in Mississippi, has died in Houston. He was 68. Cearnal worked at several newspapers during his long career in journalism, including a stint at The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson and another in Monroe, La., before he landed a job [...] [...]
by Lynn Lofton Published: July 15,2012
Tags: home, Korean War, pulitzer prize, Toni Morrison
Fans of Pulitzer Prize winning author Toni Morrison will welcome her latest work, “Home”, a novel of just 144 pages that revisits the theme of the prodigal son. The Nobel laureate author has a way of reaching deep into human emotion and shaking us into feeling things we didn’t know we could feel as she [...] [...]
by Lynn Lofton Published: June 17,2012
Tags: 19th U.S. poet laureate, Natasha Trethewey, Native Guard, poems, pulitzer prize
Mississippians continue to excel in arts and letters. The appointment of Natasha Trethewey as the 19th U.S. poet laureate is another reason for us to be proud of the state’s rich literary legacy; made sweeter because it’s not confined to the past but is a current and ongoing tradition. She will begin her duties in [...] [...]
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