Pulitzers, yo-yo, Pulitzers
[M. Bartley Seigel / April 13th, 2010 / Young Bright Things ]In Letters, Drama and Music:
Fiction – Tinkers by Paul Harding (Bellevue Literary Press)
Drama – Next to Normal, music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey
History – Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed (The Penguin Press)
Biography – The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles (Alfred A. Knopf)
Poetry – Versed by Rae Armantrout (Wesleyan University Press)
General Nonfiction – The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy by David E. Hoffman (Doubleday)
Music – Violin Concerto by Jennifer Higdon (Lawdon Press)
Congrats to all of the above! And to “Love in Infant Monkeys,” by Lydia Millet, from Soft Skull Press, who was a finalist in Fiction, one of my absolute favorites. Congrats to Ms. Millet and to Soft Skull!
Yay for Rae! And congrats on the AWP experience! Wish I’d been there.
I’m so happy Next to Normal won! It is such an amazing show.