Comments on: 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners Are Strout, Meacham, Gordon-Reed, Merwin, and Blackmon

By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom

1minutebookreviewswordpresscom — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:14:23 +0000

I haven’t read all the contenders for this year’s Pulitzer for poetry, but I did think, as the announcement approached: “I feel so sorry for any great collections that are up against Merwin’s.” Because that one looked like a shoo-in …

By: knightofswords

knightofswords — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:32:52 +0000

Very nice to see W. S. Merwin here this year.

Malcolm

By: rprincess

rprincess — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:27:20 +0000

Great, can’t wait to hear your review!

-R. Prince

By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom

1minutebookreviewswordpresscom — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:56:22 +0000

Funny you should ask. I put my name on the reserve list at the library as soon as the Pulitzers were announced and just got a note saying my copy had come in. So I'm off to pick up my copy, too. I read a few chapters of Strout's Abide With Me that made clear that she is a thoughtful and intelligent writer. But I didn't finish the novel because the pace was a bit too "languid," as one review on Amazon aptly described it. I might have finished it had I read it at a different time but picked it up during a hectic week when I needed something else from a book. I hope to write about Olive Kitteridge and also about All Souls, a finalist, which also awaits me at the library. Thanks for asking. Jan

By: rprincess

rprincess — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:51:41 +0000

I just picked up Strout’s Olive Kitteridge from the library. Have you read it? Is it worth the time?

- R. Prince