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April 13, 2008

Backstory on Dylan's Pulitzer; Congress is on Twitter

The Minnesota Star-Tribune has the story it became part of. Liz Donovan found this gem from Jon Bream (Dylan wins special Pulitzer Prize):

The Pulitzer Prize committee wasn't sure how to reach the ever-elusive Bob Dylan on Monday after it awarded him a rare "special citation" that has gone to the likes of George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Dr. Seuss.
"I might ask you for suggestions of who to contact," Pulitzer administrator Sig Gissler told a reporter from Dylan's home state. "We're starting from scratch."

...Like Dylan, two of the 17 voting members of the Pulitzer Prize board of directors have Minnesota connections. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman grew up in St. Louis Park, and Miami Herald editor Anders Gyllenhaal was the editor of the Star Tribune from 2002 to 2007.

"I'm really delighted," said Gyllenhaal, who championed Dylan to the Pulitzer committee. "I've always been a fan."

In a position, finally, to honor someone's work with a Pulitzer, whom would you choose?

The Pulitzer wording: "A Special Citation to Bob Dylan for his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power. "

Since this story ran, bobdylan.com has taken note of the Pulitzer, and links to the Pulitizer site and to the AP story published at... Forbes.

Also from Liz, U.S. Congress Twitters

Here's Twitter from the Senate Floor; Twitter from the House Floor.

Twitter users send messages of up to 140 characters to cell phones, IM, web pages. It's enough for an answer to the site's original question, "What are you doing?" and also enough for a headline and a link to a blog post, news story or photo.

Posted by Sheila Lennon at 10:33 PM | Permalink

Comments

I was totally taken aback by this announcement regarding Dylan and Pulitzer. But certainly well deserved.

I don't know if you were reporting on the news (and good news it is) or are actually a fan, but if you are then I thought I'd introduce you to my new novel, BLOOD ON THE TRACKS, which I think you'd enjoy.

It's a murder-mystery. But not just any rock superstar is knocking on heaven's door. The murdered rock legend is none other than Bob Dorian, an enigmatic, obtuse, inscrutable, well, you get the picture...

Suspects? Tons of them. The only problem is they're all characters in Bob's songs.

You can get a copy on Amazon.com or go "behind the tracks" at www.bloodonthetracksnovel.com to learn more about the book.

Posted by: Tom Grasty on April 21, 2008 2:00 PM