MacArthur Fellows in Our Collection

The MacArthur Foundation recently announced this year's Fellows, chosen for "exceptional creativity and promise" in their fields according to the Foundation's web site.  Each Fellow receives $500,000 over the next five years, no strings attached (and a surprise phone call).  You can read about all the fellows at the Foundation's website; we show five of them here with links to their works in our collection.  Enjoy your brush with genius!  (All pictures are courtesy of the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation - Creative Commons License.)

David Finkel, 

Journalist

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Chris Thile, Mandolinist 

and Composer

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Laura Poitras, Documentary 

Filmaker  

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Dinaw Mengestu, Writer
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Junot Diaz, Fiction Writer
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