Topic: Pulitzer Prizes

Why wasn’t there a Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction this year?

A three-person fiction jury read 314 books before deciding on three finalists, but a Pulitzer Prize winner was not selected. In Pulitzer history, fiction has not had a winner 11 times.

Chapter & Verse Book world expresses disappointment, outrage over Pulitzer snub

Pulitzer juror Susan Larson said she and the rest of the fiction jury are 'shocked … angry … and very disappointed' that the Pulitzer board elected not to choose a 2012 fiction winner.

Thornton Wilder: 10 quotes on his birthday

10 quotes to celebrate the 115th birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Thornton Wilder.

Pulitzer Prize for history, but not for fiction

The late Manning Marable won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for history, honored for a Malcolm X book. But no Pulitzer Prize was awarded for fiction.

AP wins Pulitzer Prize for series on New York City police spying on Muslims

The Associated Press won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., won for breaking the Penn State sexual abuse scandal. The Huffington Post received its first Pulitzer for reporting about American vets.

Pulitzer Prize: How well do you know the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winners?

How well do you know past Pulitzer Prize winners for fiction?

3 new novels grapple with questions of mortality

Three new works of fiction address themes of mortality, including a ghost – in an Anne Tyler novel.

Enemies: A History of the FBI

Pulitzer Prize-winner Tim Weiner explores the fascinating but disquieting history of the FBI.

Reader recommendation: The Greater Journey

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.

Keep Calm Good Reads: Weighing the tactics in battles over drones, hackers, and abortion rights

A roundup of some of the week's most insightful articles from around the Internet.

Amid Trayvon Martin case, Obama hosts screening of 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

On Thursday night, President Obama introduces a screening of 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' released 50 years ago. With emotions high over the Trayvon Martin killing, is this a teachable moment on race?

Chapter & Verse Adrienne Rich: a voice for the marginalized

Adrienne Rich shaped her verse and prose into a passionate cry for justice.

Robert Frost: 10 great quotes on his birthday

Here are 10 classic Robert Frost quotes to celebrate what would have been the poet's 137th birthday on March 26.

Top Picks: 'Agent 6,' alien diplomacy, and more

Gillian Anderson plays a tragic bride in a new 'Great Expectations,' 'American Masters' explores the lives of authors Harper Lee and Margaret Mitchell, master spy George Smiley is brought to life by actor Gary Oldman, and more top picks.

Rights at Risk

Are Americans in the process of abandoning their rights?

Bestselling books the week of 3/22/12, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

15 spring 2012 novels we think you'll like

A preview of new novels coming this spring.

John Updike: 10 quotes on his birthday

10 quotes to mark John Updike's 80th birthday.

The Lives of Margaret Fuller

Margaret Fuller, problem child of American transcendentalism, gets fresh treatment from Pulitzer Prize-winner John Matteson.

Cormac McCarthy, copy editor extraordinaire

Cormac McCarthy, author of 'No Country for Old Men' and 'The Road,' has copy-edited a biography of a quantum physicist.

The risks of telling the Syria story

With nine journalists among the roughly 8,000 dead in Syria's uprising, Monitor reporter Scott Peterson explores the soul-searching inside the small community of war correspondents. 

Chapter & Verse Anthony Shadid's memoir will be released early

Late New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid's book was originally planned for a March 27 release date but its publication has now been moved up.

Cover Story Does America need a CEO in the Oval Office?

Mitt Romney has been both vaunted and vilified for his business background. Here's how running a corporation really compares to running a country. 

Culture Cafe Beth Henley's 'The Jacksonian' takes the cast South

Chapter & Verse Presidents Day: our best presidents are as close as the nearest biography

With biographies like Carl Sandburg's 'Lincoln,' Americans can learn about past presidents on any day of the year.