Did the Wrong Book Win the First Pulitzer Prize for Fiction? A Pulitzer Prize Deep Dive on Ernest Poole’s ‘His Family’

Ernest Poole won the first Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel His Family, a quiet domestic drama about societal change. But did the wrong book win? … More Did the Wrong Book Win the First Pulitzer Prize for Fiction? A Pulitzer Prize Deep Dive on Ernest Poole’s ‘His Family’

The Origins of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (And Why There Was No Winner the First Year): A Pulitzer Prize Deep Dive

The Pulitzer Prizes were first given out in 1917 but the Fiction prize was withheld. Instead, it officially launched the following year. Why? … More The Origins of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (And Why There Was No Winner the First Year): A Pulitzer Prize Deep Dive

Is Less Secretly Toxic? And What Type of Book Deserves to Win Major Literary Prizes? The Case of Less (A Pulitzer Prize Deep Dive)

Andrew Sean Greer’s Less was a surprise winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Did it deserve to win? And what does that mean anyway? … More Is Less Secretly Toxic? And What Type of Book Deserves to Win Major Literary Prizes? The Case of Less (A Pulitzer Prize Deep Dive)