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Positive reviews for Newsweek critic Gates' first story collection (after two novels, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist Jernigan ). Publishers Weekly calls it "Gates' best so far."
He is also a finalist for the upcoming Inc.
News ). Once you're a finalist representing a theme, the trick is to elevate your theme.
The NYT and WP report that the Boston Globe (which is owned by the NYT ) has asked for the resignation of a columnist, Patricia Smith, a Pulitzer finalist last year, because a routine internal review determined that she had fabricated people and quotations in four of her columns this year.