http://www.theswellesleyreport.com/2010/07/pulitzer-prize-winning-author-russo-packs-em-in-at-wellesley-free-library/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pulitzer-prize-winning-author-russo-packs-em-in-at-wellesley-free-library More than you really want to know about Wellesley, Mass. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:30:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.theswellesleyreport.com/2010/07/pulitzer-prize-winning-author-russo-packs-em-in-at-wellesley-free-library/comment-page-1/#comment-6204 D E Noonan Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:12:41 +0000 http://www.theswellesleyreport.com/?p=8448#comment-6204 I was one of the ones who got there 1/2 hour early so I could get a seat. Russo was both articulate and interesting. He remarked how shocked he was to get the Pulitzer for "Empire Falls", which had not been recognized by any of the other major book awards. He noted that the Pulitzer was rarely awarded to a "comic novel". He handled questions like a pro(-fessor). I was one of the ones who got there 1/2 hour early so I could get a seat.
Russo was both articulate and interesting. He remarked how shocked he was to get the Pulitzer for “Empire Falls”, which had not been recognized by any of the other major book awards. He noted that the Pulitzer was rarely awarded to a “comic novel”. He handled questions like a pro(-fessor).

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