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Pulitzer Stories

Writings on the winners, finalists, and history of the Pulitzer Prizes

'Tinkers' Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary

Paul Harding's 2010 Fiction winner from a small press was a surprise win. Bellevue Literary Press has issued a 10th anniversary edition. Read an excerpt here, with an exclusive introduction by the author

Spotlight: Ornette Coleman

The 2007 Music winner enjoyed a varied and uncompromising career. Learn more about his life and vital contributions to American culture.

Biographer Caroline Fraser on an American Icon

"Little House" author Laura Ingalls Wilder was wrapped up in the world of yellow journalism, and her long life spanned the U.S. Civil War to the Eisenhower era. Fraser discusses her complex portrait of the woman at the center of "Prairie Fires."

Local Reporting Looks to the Future

In the last decade, nonprofits and startups have sprung up to tackle local reporting and address holes left by local outlets that struggle to maintain staffing and funding levels. Where are they now?

Andie Dominick's Passion for Iowa

The 2018 Editorial Writing winner discusses why the privatization of Medicaid will be a major issue at her state's polls this November, how her own health issues affect her writing, and the Mollie Tibbetts case.