macarthur

Lethem Wins MacArthur; Franzen, Foer Feel Out-Jonathaned

Jesse · 09/20/05 08:51AM

This year's MacArthur "genius" grants were announced today — $500,000 over five years, with no strings attached — and six New Yorkers are among the 25 winners. Our geniuses (well, our official geniuses — our mother convinced us at a young age, as we're sure yours did for you, that we're geniuses, too) are: