Philip Kennicott

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Philip Kennicott is the Art and Architecture Critic of The Washington Post. In 2013 he won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2012 (criticism) and 2000 (editorial writing). He is also a National Magazine Award finalist (2015) and an Emmy Award nominee (2006). He has served as classical music critic of the Detroit News, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and The Washington Post (1999-2001), and is a regular reviewer for Gramophone, a former contributing editor to The New Republic and a frequent contributor to Opera News, among other publications.

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Best American Essays 2015

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