The iPINIONS Journal

Welcome! This is an unapologetic, agenda-free zone. Just commentaries on current events that’ll move you to think, laugh, rage, and even cry.

© Copyright 2005-2024 (Images appear pursuant to 17 U.S.C. sec 107)
You are here: Home / Archives for Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize

Toni Morrison, the ‘Beloved’ One, Is Dead

Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at 12:59 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Toni Morrison, the 1993 Nobel laureate in literature, whose work explored black identity in America and in particular the experience of black women, died on Monday in the Bronx. … The first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Ms. Morrison was the author of 11 novels as well as children’s books and… Read more.

Maya Angelou, Legendary Poet and Author, Is Dead

Thursday, June 5, 2014 at 5:44 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Everyone is eulogizing Maya Angelou. And they’re doing so as if she were more a living saint than a poet laureate. Michelle and I join millions around the world in remembering one of the brightest lights of our time — a brilliant writer, a fierce friend, and a truly phenomenal woman. (President Obama, whitehouse.gov, May 28, 2014)… Read more.