Aaron Copland’s turn at the crystal ball
On the 50th anniversary of the Pulitzers, the 'Appalachian Spring' composer spoke about 'the injection of science and scientific calculation into our musical thinking.'
The Pulitzers at 50
‘A moral necessity in a society marked by power’
Historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. was born the year the first Pulitzers were awarded and won his second prize during their 50th anniversary. He spoke at a gala that year about the rebirth of his discipline.
Archibald MacLeish on the meaning of the Pulitzer Prizes
In 1966, at the prizes' 50th anniversary banquet, the three-time Pulitzer winner spoke on what the honor means to a writer
So the novel is dying? Really?
On the 50th anniversary of the prizes, three-time Pulitzer-winner Robert Penn Warren spoke on trends in fiction with an eye to the future: 'The novel may even leave the printed page — if the age of Gutenberg is really over — but it could still be a novel.'
Our self-righteousness is undiminished
Fifty years ago, New York Times reporter and two-time Pulitzer winner James Reston reflected on the future of journalism during a banquet celebrating the prizes' semicentennial
