NEW YORK (AP) Stories of race, racism and colonialism in the U.S. swept the Pulitzer Prizes for the arts, from Louise Erdrich's novel “The Night Watchman” to a Malcolm X biography co-written by the late Les Payne to Katori Hall's play “The Hot Wing King.”
This year's Pulitzers reflected a year dominated by COVID-19 and furious debate over race and policing. Highlights, via the AP : Breaking news: The Star Tribune of.
The Night Watchman, Malcolm X biography win arts Pulitzers
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This combination of photos shows, from left, The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Wilmington s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, The Dead Are Arising co-authored by Tamara Payne and her father Les Payne, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography and Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America by Marcia Chatelain, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history. (Harper/Atlantic Monthly/Liveright-Norton/Liveright-Norton via AP)