Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Great Regulars: [The American Academy of Arts and Letters] is announcing Monday

that nine artists have been voted in (openings occur when a member dies). Besides [Richard] Price and [T. Coraghessan] Boyle, inductees include poets Jorie Graham and Yusef Komunyakaa, artist Judy Pfaff, architect Tod Williams and composers Stephen Hartke, Frederic Rzewski and Augusta Read Thomas.

Upon the official ceremony in May, they will enter a 250-member club that has included Henry Adams, Mark Twain and Mark Rothko, and currently features Edward Albee, Philip Glass and Toni Morrison.

from Hillel Italie: Associated Press: Richard Price, T.C. Boyle elected to arts academy

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