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La Cieca hears that critic/cat lover Alex Ross is one of this year’s recipients of the MacArthur “genius” grant, to be announced later today.
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Congratulations, Alex! Good going!
I am sure this award will benefit you,
and thru you, eventually, us — we the mighty public
All best.
JIM/sfe
No one is more deserving of the Award — or of the title “genius.”
Jennifer Tipton is a recipient, too. Congratulations to everyone involved.
Ross’s book has sold 46,000 copies, a remarkable achievement, and it’s being read by all ages and by people with little music background. Mr. Ross, you are a phenom!! Bravo!!!
Donna Anna – no, actually, the last time he said anything publicly, it was 70,000 copies. That was long enough ago that I assume it’s a bit more now.
Alex deserves the award and more, love his book and his New Yorker articles, bravo Alex!
He deserves it, as does Jennifer Tipton.
Next year’s awards should include Renee Fleming for fragrance endorsement.
I guess you’ll have to create a new tag, titled “Alex Ross is a frigging genius” — and he is!
Paul, your suggestion has been implemented.
I’m delighted to hear that 70k copies have been sold. I was even more delighted that I can discuss it with our college senior son and his friends, none of whom are music majors but who love the noise.
I read about ten pages of the book and knew I wasn’t going to like it. Just a succession of anecdotes that were supposed to be significant somehow, but weren’t even interesting anecdotes.
Excellent news. Alex Ross has always written with courage and humour, and and his insights are always immsensely thought-provoking but not being provocative. This will give him space to develop his remarkable intellect, and go to hear more music!
Considering their record, I’m surprised it didn’t go to Tommassini or Mark Swed. Or even Donald Rosenberg.
Now, I just wish the New Yorker would let Ross write more regularly.
it’s not *letting* him write more regularly, he writes probably more than most of the staff writers (remember, when he’s not working on short reviews he’s probably working on a long piece). i’d rather see more long features than just short two pages like frere-jones or the movie critics.