Book News: Oscar Hijuelos Remembered As 'A Cultural Pioneer'

... writer" Kate Atkinson took the award. The poet, professor and critic James Emanuel died Sept. 28 at age 92, The New York Times reports . His poems often deal with racism in America. One, "Deadly James (For All the Victims of Police Brutality)," was ...

http://www.wnyc.org/story/book-news-oscar-hijuelos-remembered-as-a-cultural-pioneer/