Sounds Right To Us

[Note: This post has been updated (1) as of 1:08 PM Eastern on 23 Sep. See below.]

He may have just missed winning a well-deserved Pulitzer for his work, but the clearly more discerning MacArthur Foundation was not about to let him slip through its fingers.

[This year's] recipients [of the MacArthur Foundation's so-called "genius award"], who must be citizens or residents of the United States, join 756 who have been named fellows since 1981. Each gets $100,000 a year for five years, with no strings attached....

Most of the winners, who are singled out for their creativity and their potential for making important future contributions, are familiar primarily to experts in their own fields, although a few in the arts have reached larger audiences: for example, Alex Ross, 40, a music critic for The New Yorker and the author of a cultural history of 20th-century music, The Rest Is Noise....

Our warmest congratulations to Alex on his award of the fellowship.

RTWT here.

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Update (1:08 PM Eastern on 23 Sep): Alex Ross answers four questions vis-à-vis his award of the MacArthur Foundation fellowship.

(Our thanks to Mysteries Abysmal for the link.)