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4 days ago · Horwitz married the Australian writer Geraldine Brooks in France in 1984. They had two children.
1 day ago · What began as the fascinating story of a legendary 19th-century racehorse turned into a tale of art, science and society’s “unfinished reckoning with racism,” according to Geraldine Brooks. Based on the true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Brooks’ latest book, Horse: A Novel, is this week’s Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle selection. Horse — which ...
Jul 10, 2024 · In Brooks' telling, March emerges as an abolitionist and idealistic chaplain on the front lines of a war that tests his faith in himself and in the Union cause when he learns that his side, too, is capable of barbarism and racism.
Jul 17, 2024 · Geraldine Brooks has a formidable reputation as an author of historical fiction, and has a truckload of awards too. Her latest book Geraldine Brooks on Tim Winton [3] is a cute little hardcover with a dustjacket, the perfect gift for your favourite bibliophile.
Jul 17, 2024 · By Geraldine Brooks ’83JRN. With six novels all focused on different historical figures — from the Biblical King David to an English housemaid during the Great Plague of London to the first Native American to graduate from Harvard — Brooks is truly a master of the genre.
3 days ago · Brooks had so enjoyed the mentoring relationship that she began to engage more frequently in that role with the new generation of young black poets. Gwendolyn Brooks died at her Chicago home on December 3, 2000, aged 83. She is buried in Lincoln Cemetery.
Jul 9, 2024 · A history-making racehorse, and the people around it, are re-imagined in a new work of fiction dealing with obsession and justice. Jeffrey Brown talks to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks about her latest novel, “Horse,” for our arts and culture series, "CANVAS."
