The Booker Prize included Tash Aw’s The South on its 2025 longlist, a novel about two boys experiencing first love. But is it any good? … More Booker Longlist Review: The South by Tash Aw
David Brooks thinks literature is in decline. He’s obviously wrong. … More Is Literature Dead?
There was something odd about the announcement that Percival Everett had won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel James. Here’s how he nearly lost. … More How Percival Everett’s James Almost Didn’t Win (A Rant and a Pulitzer Prize Deep Dive)
When the Pulitzer Prize was announced in 2006, many expected E.L. Doctorow to win for The March. Instead, Geraldine Brooks won for a different March. What happened? … More Did the Wrong Book Win? The Curious Case of March by Geraldine Brooks (A Pulitzer Prize Deep Dive)
Who will win the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction? I’ll look at the potential winners and make a prediction for the book with the best odds (and decide what I want to win). … More Pulitzer Prize Predictions for Fiction 2025
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has had a rocky decade of winners. Is this a temporary thing or is it a more systemic problem? … More Is the Pulitzer Prize in Trouble?
Here are some books that I think would make fantastic adaptations for either a movie or TV series. Come on Hollywood, get these books on the screen! … More Books That Should Be Movies
Who will win the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction? I’ll look at the potential winners and make a prediction for the book with the best odds (and decide what I want to win). … More Pulitzer Prize Predictions for Fiction 2024
The Color Purple has become an American literary classic with two film adaptations (and one Broadway musical). But how do the adaptations compare to the novel? … More The Color Purple: Book vs. Movie
The Color Purple is an American literary masterpiece that won a Pulitzer Prize and has been adapted as a film twice. But author Alice Walker has some controversial opinions. Does that impact how we see her work? … More When a Good Book Comes From a Complicated Author: The Color Purple and Alice Walker, A Pulitzer Prize Deep Dive
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