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Pulitzer Prize
The Broadway Play Everyone Needs to See Right Now
THE RIGHT WORDSThe play “English” won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize. Now that it’s open on Broadway, it’s easy to see why.
Barbara Kingsolver Rips JD Vance’s Portrayal of Appalachia
NOT ONE OF USThe “hollowness” of Vance’s memoir, Kingsolver said, proved “he isn’t really one of us.”
Colson Whitehead’s Harrowing Racism Drama Hits Big Screen
STYLE OVER SUBSTANCEThe author’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel gets an abstract, overly stylish film adaptation, a disappointing opening to this year’s New York Film Festival.
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AI Helped Produce Five Pulitzer Prize Journalism Finalists
GENERATIVE PRIZESA concrete acknowledgment that AI has solidified its grip on the news industry.
Man Arrested for Allegedly Swiping Pair of Pulitzer Medals
GOLDEN TICKET TO JAILThe medals were on display in a glass case in the newsroom of The Sacramento Bee when stolen, the paper reported.
Pulitzers Respond to Trump Call to Strip Russiagate Prizes
TOO BADThe Columbia University-based board upheld the awards for Trump-Russia coverage in the face of the ex-president whining that it was all “fake news.”
School Board Stands by ‘Maus’ Ban: ‘Unnecessary Violence’
DAMNThe board cited the inclusion of the words “God Damn” and drawings of “naked pictures” in “Maus,” though the pictures are of mice.
Teen Who Filmed George Floyd’s Death Gets Honorary Pulitzer
CHANGED THE WORLDDarnella Frazier, who was 17 at the time, later said her decision to pull out her cell phone “changed me. It changed how I viewed life.”
The Constitution ‘Has No F*cking Interest in Protecting You’
STAGE TO SCREENHeidi Schreck’s searing work “What the Constitution Means to Me” gets timelier by the day. As it heads to Amazon, she tells The Daily Beast why that’s not exactly a good thing.
A Pulitzer-Finalist Composer Examines White Complicity
A MORE PERFECT UNIONTed Hearne has explored the persecution of Chelsea Manning and the Supreme Court. In “Colonizing Space,” he’s tackling the evils of gentrification.
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