Pulitzer Prize

Alice Walker’s The Color Purple (1983)

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Alice Walker's The Color Purple (1983) Women's Press, 1984 Celie begins writing letters to God because the man who is married to her mother has said that's all who will listen, all who should be bothered with listening. (It's just wrong to call him her father, after he has raped

Alice Walker’s The Color Purple (1983)Buried In Print2014-03-15T16:02:31-04:00

Jennifer Egan’s A Visit to the Goon Squad (2010)

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(Looking for a swallow rather than a full glass? ORANGE Squirt below.) Dear A Visit to the Goon Squad, I was #268 on the library hold list for you after you won the National (US) Book Critics Circle Award, but before you won the Pulitzer, although my reason for wanting

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Karen Russell’s Swamplandia! (2011)

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Karen Russell’s Swamplandia! Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. (Looking for a swallow rather than a full glass? ORANGE Squirt below.) Loving an excerpt as much as I loved “The Dredgeman’s Revelation” brings a sense of trepidation alongside excitement when approaching the longer work. Would Swamplandia! leave me with the same pressing desire

Karen Russell’s Swamplandia! (2011)Buried In Print2014-03-13T19:19:51-04:00