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Posts Tagged ‘Jimmy’s World’

Recalling “Jimmy’s World” at the Washington Post

By Gene Meyer | March 25, 2021 | 6

Remarkably, it’s been 40 years since fabulist Janet Cooke was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for a  story headlined “Jimmy’s World,” about an eight-year old heroin addict who did not exist.…

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