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Book Riot - The Podcast

The 2020 Pulitzer Prizes

Book Riot - The Podcast

Riot New Media Group, Inc

Arts, News, Books, News Commentary, Tv & Film

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Rebecca react to the 2020 Pulitzer Prizes. At least the ones they had reactions to. This episode is sponsored by: Summer Darlings by Brooke Lea Foster Book Riot Insiders TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes. Link discussed in this episode: The 2020 Pulitzer Prizes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

As promised, a special episode,

0:05.0

a special episode dedicated to the announcing, announcement of the 2020 Pulitzer

0:11.7

Prizes and many things, really.

0:14.9

We're not going to go through detail of the reporting

0:17.4

and music and everything.

0:18.8

We're going to stick with the letters once,

0:21.0

you know, fiction, nonfiction and poetry too, we'll talk about a little

0:23.6

bit even though I scarcely imagine either of us have much to say about the poetry winner.

0:28.5

This another year, but worth mentioning for sure.

0:32.3

And Rebecca, you watch the live stream of the Pulitzer which I want to hear about

0:35.2

two. Do I have that right? Yeah. Yeah you do. It's the first time I've paid attention to

0:40.0

the Pulitzer announcement live. I think since we've done Book Riot.

0:45.0

Maybe I've got it wrong, but I think this

0:46.4

might be the first time they actually live stream

0:48.6

streamed it maybe I'm wrong.

0:49.9

I don't know.

0:51.2

There were a few years where they were getting announced on

0:54.4

Twitter and presumably in other venues at the same time I think but I would

0:59.8

catch up later like it was never this has never been something that I've had on my calendar as like at three o'clock on this day. I need to see right as it's announced who is winning. But I watched the live stream yesterday. Yep. It's funny to think of the format of the three major literary awards that we pay attention to,

1:17.3

and would even dedicate a whole show to maybe like the National Book Award, this and the Nobel Prize,

1:21.6

because each of them have this announcement strategy

1:24.2

that is very so wildly so this one historically has been a tweet and a press

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