Pulitzer Stories

In this first of three excerpts from the memories of a man who knew Joseph Pulitzer well, the publisher emerges as a man of enormous impulses.

For two-time Pulitzer winner Alan Taylor, the New Social History proved to be a good tool for enriching American stories.

Sydney Schanberg of The New York Times stayed in Cambodia after the fall of its capital to the Khmer Rouge. Read one of his prize-winning dispatches from the conflict, published May 9, 1975.

The late Jack Fuller took advantage of his legal training in writing editorials that won a Pulitzer Prize.

Following the King of Pop's death in 2009 at age 50, Pulitzer-winning dance critic Sarah Kaufman explored his signature move and what it said about him.

What Yusef Komunyakaa learned from a poet — and fellow Pulitzer winner — moved by the dignity of work.

With lives and freedom at stake, a dogged Miami Herald reporter pursues justice.

Although he wrote it during the holiday season, a deeply personal editorial in the portfolio that won a Pulitzer Prize for Michael Gartner seems especially appropriate for Fathers Day weekend.

On the 50th anniversary of the Pulitzers, the 'Appalachian Spring' composer spoke about 'the injection of science and scientific calculation into our musical thinking.'

Megan Marshall's book on the Peabody sisters was a Pulitzer finalist. The next, on Margaret Fuller, won the prize. Now she's working on a biography of Elizabeth Bishop. Does that make Marshall a 'cultural,' 'feminist' or 'literary' biographer? She has her doubts.