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
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)
Toni Morrison won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Beloved, a novel about the ghosts of slavery. Is it worthy of the title Great American Novel? … More Can America Reckon With the Ghosts of Slavery? Beloved: A Pulitzer Prize Deep Dive
The literary world was shocked when no Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was awarded in 2012 despite the existence of three finalists. What happened? … More Do Book Prizes Owe Us a Winner Every Year? A Deep Dive into the Pulitzer Prize Controversy of 2012
Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind, that classic saga of the American south, has been a beloved novel since it was first published. But is it inherently racist? … More Is Gone with the Wind Racist? A Pulitzer Prize Deep Dive
Guessing what will win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is very hard. But I’m going to try anyway. … More Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Predictions for 2021
Is Larry McMurtry’s classic saga about a cattle drive from Texas to Montana the definitive American story? Or is its depiction of women, Native Americans, and the Old West problematic? … More Is Lonesome Dove the Great American Novel? A Pulitzer Prize Deep Dive
Here are my guesses for which Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winners I will love, which I will hate, and which will be middling at best. … More My Pulitzer Prize Project Predictions
