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And the Pulitzers Went To...

A full list of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize winners follows. A few surprises in there: did we know that Bob Dylan got a Special Citation for "his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power"? And that the Editorial Writing award went to... no one? More »

5:13 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Sheila
3,214 views, 27 comments

Latest by Conbon: @ScottieB: Followed by, "I don't understand jokes?" NEWSFLASH: Junot Diaz, also be-testicled. Thanks for playing. more »

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This is What a Pulitzer-Winning Article Looks Like

We brought this Washington Post article by Gene Weingarten, about violin virtuoso Joshua Bell busking unsuccessfully in a DC subway, to your attention before. And now we're doing it again, because it won a Pulitzer for feature writing. Excerpt follows. More »

4:52 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Sheila
3,649 views, 27 comments

Latest by iplaudius: @photomat: Your ad hominem assumptions are irrelevant to the argument and in any case way off base. On the other hand, it may be that person who gets what he wants musically from a performance during rush hour in a filthy subway is the same person who gets what he wants more »