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Friday 17 June 2022
Mariah Carey, Neptunes to get in Songwriters Hall of Fame

By MARK KENNEDY "Abracadabra," "The Jok-
AP Entertainment Writer er," "Jet Airliner" and "Jun-
NEW YORK (AP) — Silenced gle Love." Miller's "Greatest
for two years, the Songwrit- Hits 1974-78" is among the
ers Hall of Fame is ready 25 bestselling albums of all
to party again, welcoming time.
a diverse set of artists for The members of Euryth-
its Class of 2022, including mics — Annie Lennox and
pop diva Mariah Carey, Dave Stewart — led the
the weirdly cool produc- New Wave charge in the
ers the Neptunes, the British 1980s with songs like "Sweet
electro-pop band Euryth- Dreams (Are Made of This)"
mics, psychedelic blues- and "Here Comes the Rain
man Steve Miller and the Again." This year they were
iconic Isley Brothers. inducted into the Rock &
The songwriters will be hon- Roll Hall of Fame.
ored at a pandemic-de- The Neptunes are the
layed gala Thursday night creative, innovative pro-
at the Marriott Marquis in duction-songwriting duo
New York. of Pharrell Williams and
While a list of performers Chad Hugo who shaped
and presenters has not pop and urban radio from
been revealed, past in- the '90s well into the 2000s
ductees have been sere- thanks to crafting hits for
naded or hailed by the likes Britney Spears, Jay-Z, Justin
of Lady Gaga, Stevie Nicks, Annie Lennox, left, and Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics performing at The Night that Changed Timberlake, Usher and Be-
Billy Joel, Jon Bon Jovi and America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles in Los Angeles on Jan. 27, 2014. Lennox and Stewart will yoncé.
Ed Sheeran. be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Non-performing solo nomi-
Lil Nas X will also be hon- Associated Press nees this year are William
ored Thursday with the "Mickey" Stevenson, a pro-
Hal David Starlight Award, least 20 years and the hall With 19 No. 1 hits on the for the next 30 years — ducer during Motown's
which recognizes "gifted includes such iconic song- Billboard Hot 100 chart, she joined in 1969 by younger golden era, and Rick
young songwriters who are writers as Burt Bacharach, is only behind the Beatles, brothers Marvin and Ernie Nowels, who co-wrote over
making a significant im- Missy Elliott, Paul McCart- who had 20 songs top the Isley and cousin Chris Jas- 60 Top 20 singles world-
pact in the music industry ney, Bruce Springsteen, chart. Carey is the only art- per — they made even wide, including Belinda
via their original songs." Paul Simon, Billy Joel and ist to have No. 1 hits in the more: "That Lady," ''Fight Carlisle's global hit "Heaven
The ceremony has been Carly Simon. New annual 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and the Power," "Work to Do," is a Place on Earth."
described as a cross be- slates are voted on by the 2020s. "Harvest for the World" and Master songwriter Paul
tween the Grammy Awards membership. Ronald, Rudolph and "For the Love of You." Williams will receive the
and the Rock & Roll Hall of Carey, whose hits include O'Kelly Isley crafted three Miller perfected a psyche- Johnny Mercer Award, and
Fame festivities. Songwrit- "We Belong Together" and volcanic singles from 1959- delic blues sound with such Universal executive Jody
ers are eligible for induction "Hero," released her self- 62: "Shout," "Respectable" hits as "Take the Money and Gerson will receive the Abe
after writing hit songs for at titled debut album in 1990. and "Twist and Shout." And Run," "Fly Like an Eagle," Olman Publisher Award.q

Ruth Ozeki's 'Book of Form and Emptiness' wins Women's Prize

don for her story of a be- kept thinking, as I was go- sions and objects," Ozeki
reaved boy's relationship ing through this stuff, 'If only said of Kondo. "You take
with books and the objects these things could talk.'" care of your things. The
in his house — all of which "As children, things always built-in obsolescence that
speak to him. His world are speaking to us and we most of our objects have
becomes increasingly ca- are always making things these days seems to me
cophonous as his widowed speak," she added. "And (I problematic."Ozeki is the
mother deals with her grief was) trying to get back in author of three previous
by hoarding. touch with that imaginary novels, including the envi-
Ozeki, 66, was raised in world — what it's like to be ronmentally themed "My
Connecticut by a Japa- a child and see the whole Year of Meats" and "All
nese mother and an Ameri- world as being alive." Over Creation." She was a
can father, and says she A professor of English at Booker Prize finalist in 2013
began thinking about our Smith College in Massachu- for "A Tale for the Time Be-
relationship with objects as setts, Ozeki is also a film- ing," a Pacific-spanning
American-Canadian writer, Ruth Ozeki, wins the prestigious
Women’s Prize for Fiction for “The Book of Form and Emptiness,” she was clearing out her maker and Zen Buddhist story set after Japan's 2011
in London, Wednesday June 15, 2022. parents' house after their priest, and her novel was earthquake and tsunami.
Associated Press deaths. inspired in part by Buddhist British journalist Mary Ann
"They were both children of philosophy — and by the Sieghart, who chaired the
LONDON (AP) — Canadi- playful, philosophical novel the Depression, so they nev- decluttering doyenne Ma- Women's Prize judging
an-American writer Ruth that explores people's rela- er threw anything away," rie Kondo. panel, said Ozeki's win-
Ozeki won the prestigious tionship to possessions. she said. "Every piece of "What she is teaching is ning novel "stood out for its
Women's Prize for Fiction on Ozeki was awarded the plastic wrap, every piece nothing more than a tra- sparkling writing, warmth,
Wednesday for "The Book 30,000 pound ($36,000) of tinfoil, had been care- ditional Japanese way intelligence, humor and
of Form and Emptiness," a prize at a ceremony in Lon- fully washed and saved. I of approaching posses- poignancy."q