Why Did The Netanyahus Win a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction? A Pulitzer Prize Deep Dive

There was no shortage of big-name contenders for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, but the winner was a lesser-known novel. How did The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen beat the odds? … More Why Did The Netanyahus Win a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction? A Pulitzer Prize Deep Dive

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’

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)