15 May 2023 Pulitzer Prize
On May 8th, we learned the winners and finalists for the Pulitzer Prize! Since 1917, the Pulitzer Prize has been awarded for excellence in a variety of fields in the United States. It’s a very prestigious award, worth $15,000 and a whole lot of clout. There are 23 award categories, but given our focus on literature and the arts, we’re going to focus on the arts and letters categories in this blog post. Where applicable, we’ve linked to the entries in our catalog so that you can place holds on items. Without further ado, here are the winners and nominees.
A tie: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, and Trust by Hernan Diaz
Also nominated: The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara
Drama:
English by Sanaz Toossi
Also nominated: On Sugarland by Aleshea Harris
The Far Country by Lloyd Suh
History:
Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power by Jefferson Cowie
Also nominated: Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America by Michael John Witgen
Watergate: A New History by Garrett M. Graff
Biography:
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage
Also nominated: His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa
Mr. B: George Balanchine’s 20th Century by Jennifer Homans
Memoir:
Stay True by Hua Hsu
Also nominated: Easy Beauty: A Memoir by Chloe Cooper Jones
The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Poetry:
Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020 by Carl Phillips
Also nominated: Blood Snow by dg nanouk okpik
Still Life by Jay Hopler
General Nonfiction:
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa
Also nominated: Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern by Jing Tsu
Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution’s Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction by David George Haskell
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa
Music:
Omar by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels
Also nominated: Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) by Tyshawn Sorey
Perspective by Jerrilynn Patton
