Great Reads for Women's History Month
Gloria Steinem, Ronan Farrow, Gail Collins, David Remnick and more choose their favorite Pulitzer-winning books by female authors in celebration of Women's History Month.
Biography
'The Old Feminism is Dead': Margaret Clapp's Intellectual Journey
The 1948 Biography winner and protege of fellow Pulitzer winner Allan Nevins scaled the glass ceiling of postwar academia — but never wrote history again.
Researching the Book: Insights from Pulitzer-Winning Biographers and Historians
Five Pulitzer winners on working methods, finding one's professional orientation — and "certain confusions of identity."
Harvard Awards W. E. B. Du Bois Medals to Elizabeth Alexander and Rita Dove
The Pulitzer Prize Board member and 1987 Poetry winner will receive the award — which recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to African and African-American history and culture — alongside other honorees on October 22 in Cambridge, Mass.
Five Pulitzer Winners for High School Readers
Fall is the perfect time to curl up with a novel or memoir — even for those with homework.
Reminder: Deadline for Letters Entries is October 1
The online entry form and payment mechanism will close at the deadline. Hard copies of books that accompany otherwise complete entries will be accepted until October 15.
Five Fiction and Biography Books to Read This Summer
In the fourth installment of an occasional series, discover essential beach reading from Pulitzer-winning writers and biographers.
Five Nonfiction and Biography Books to Read This Summer
In the third installment of an occasional series, discover essential beach reading from Pulitzer-winning writers, biographers and scientists.
Fiction, History and Biography Winners to Read This Fourth of July
From Ray Bradbury's summer idylls to Thomas Jefferson's slaveholding legacy, explore the complexity and contradictions of America's birthday with Pulitzer-winning work on this summer reading list.
2020 Pulitzer Prize Contest Open to Letters, Drama and Music Entries
A redesigned entry site features a questionnaire about entrants' work, and the ability for Drama and Music entrants to submit materials online.