I love to win just about anything, and when I’ve read a good book, I feel like I’ve won something.
Each year when the Pulitzer Prizes are announced, I know that I’m usually going to find a worthwhile read from their Letters & Drama category. Now, if I can only get my hands on a copy of this year’s Fiction winner, Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout.
Perhaps you’ll be inspired to pick something up from the list of The Pulitzer Prizes 2009:
LETTERS AND DRAMA
Fiction–Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (Random House)
Drama–Ruined by Lynn Nottage
History–The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed (W.W. Norton & Company)
Biography–American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham (Random House)
Poetry–The Shadow of Sirius by W. S. Merwin (Copper Canyon Press)
General Nonfiction–Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon (Doubleday)
JOURNALISM
Public Service–Las Vegas Sun
Breaking News Reporting–The New York Times Staff
Investigative Reporting–David Barstow of The New York Times
Explanatory Reporting–Bettina Boxall & Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times
Local Reporting–Detroit Free Press Staff & Ryan Gabrielson & Paul Giblin, East Valley Tribune, Mesa, AZ
National Reporting–St. Petersburg Times Staff
International Reporting–The New York Times Staff
Feature Writing–Lane DeGregory of the St. Petersburg Times
Commentary–Eugene Robinson of The Washington Post
Criticism–Holland Cotter of The New York Times
Editorial Writing–Mark Mahoney of The Post-Star, Glens Falls, NY
Editorial Cartooning–Steve Breen of The San Diego Union-Tribune
Breaking News Photography–Patrick Farrell of The Miami Herald
Feature Photography–Damon Winter of The New York Times
MUSIC
Double Sextet by Steve Reich (Boosey & Hawkes)
Hope there’s something listed here that you will enjoy too.
~Carol
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