No Pulitzer prize for fiction awarded this year.
It was between The Pale King by David Foster Wallace, Swamplandia! by Karen Russell, and Train Dreams by Denis Johnson. The votes were all tied up so they gave it to nobody.
Kneejerk reaction? David Foster Wallace. I know it’s not that kind of contest, but seeing as David Foster Wallace is of the no-longer-eating-tacos-because-he’s-dead variety and both Russell and Johnson can still burrito all they want (and still have plenty of talent and time), imo he ought to clinch it. -pouting- Not that kind of contest… mumble…
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And suddenly I’m imagining the Pulitzer board playing rock-paper-scissors and STILL not coming to a conclusion.
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