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Gregory Cowles

Darien, New York

Senior Editor at The New York Times

Senior editor, New York Times Books desk. Reader, dad, ruminative goofball.

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  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Joumana Khatib |Gregory Cowles

    "James," by Percival Everett won the fiction prize, and Jason Roberts received the biography prize for "Every Living Thing."Nineteen books were recognized as winners or finalists for the Pulitzer Prize on Monday, in the categories of memoir, poetry, general nonfiction, fiction, biography and history, which had two winners.

  • 1 week ago | go.rutgers.edu | Gregory Cowles |Alexandra Alter |Joumana Khatib

    Books|Pulitzer Prizes 2025: A Guide to the Winning Books and Finalistshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/books/pulitzer-prizes-books-winners-finalists.html“James,” by Percival Everett won the fiction prize, and Jason Roberts received the biography prize for “Every Living Thing.”May 5, 2025Nineteen books were recognized as winners or finalists for the Pulitzer Prize on Monday, in the categories of memoir, poetry, general nonfiction, fiction, biography and history, which had two winners.

  • Dec 10, 2024 | nytimes.com | Reece Williams |Gregory Cowles

    Nikki Giovanni, the Black Arts poet who died on Monday at the age of 81, catapulted to fame in her 20s and remained a celebrity for the rest of her life thanks to her charisma, her command and, not least, the colloquial power and wisdom of her language.

  • May 21, 2024 | nytimes.com | Gregory Cowles

    For years when I was younger, and still dreamed that I might be a novelist instead of an editor or a critic, I kept a quote from Don DeLillo's 1993 Paris Review interview pinned to the bulletin board above my desk as a sort of talisman or goad prompting me to write: "Do you think it made a difference in your career," Adam Begley asked him, "that you started writing novels late, when you were approaching 30?" DeLillo's mild answer ("Well, I wish I had started earlier, but evidently I wasn't...

  • May 14, 2024 | nytimes.com | Gregory Cowles

    El primer relato de su primer libro evocaba la vida de su padre. El último relato de su último libro evocaba la muerte de su madre. Entre ambas obras, en 14 colecciones de cuentos y a lo largo de más de 40 años, Alice Munro demostró en un deslumbrante relato breve tras otro que los modestos detalles de la experiencia de una persona -sometidos a la alquimia del lenguaje, la imaginación y la agudeza psicológica- pueden ser materia prima de la gran literatura.

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Gregory Cowles
Gregory Cowles @GregoryCowles
10 Aug 23

It’s been seven hours and fifteen days.

Gregory Cowles
Gregory Cowles @GregoryCowles
18 Jun 23

SUNFLOWER MYSTERY: My daughter went to bed with five flowers on her shelf, and woke up with four flowers and a stem. Did she eat it in her sleep? Did a deer sneak into her room? Did it spontaneously combust?? https://t.co/nOWGz0Ptds

Gregory Cowles
Gregory Cowles @GregoryCowles
16 Jun 23

Happy Bloomsday to those who celebrate it. https://t.co/9qJie7JeG2