“Mukherjee was fascinated with cells early on. But then he was interested in so many things.”
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I’m Looking to Jump Ship Sooner Than I Should: A Conversation with Percival Everett
“We abandon stories. They don’t end.”
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Jericho Brown: ‘Write into the Deep Dark Wreck’
“I grow green with hope. I’d like to end there.”
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A Thereness Beneath the Thereness: A Jonathan Gold Reading List
Until his passing in late July, Jonathan Gold celebrated food for decades in publications such as LA Weekly and The Los Angeles Times.
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A Kendrick Lamar Syllabus
The Pulitzer Prize-winner’s work always feels honest, as writers have found when they dive deep into his literary influences.
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The Trump Whisperer: A Conversation with Washington Post Reporter David Fahrenthold
Fahrenthold on how he follows the money, “shows his work,” and solicits leads from Twitter in covering Donald Trump.
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Why Fiction Haunts Us: Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen on His Ghosts
Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen talks about how ghosts and authors of fiction share a similar role in today’s culture.
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Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Ghosts
In this profile at New Republic, Josephine Livingstone talks with Viet Thanh Nguyen (winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Sympathizer) about the ghosts that inhabit his life, his writing, and his birthplace in Vietnam.
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‘Many Immigrant Stories and Refugee Stories Need to Be Understood as War Stories’
Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen on understanding why refugees have come to the U.S.
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The 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winners
This year’s Pulitzer winners include The Salt Lake Tribune, East Bay Times, Colson Whitehead, Heather Ann Thompson, and more.