The 1950s proved to be a transitional decade in American poetry. While a new postwar generation of poets emerged, the old guard often held sway when it came time to select winners of the Pulitzer Prize.
The year she became the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize, Brooks told her editor that in a life filled with housework, writing 'is the only work in which I am interested.'
For this tough critic, the success of architectural design was not just a question of eye appeal.
William A. Henry III sees the great American myth in a classic movie.
Eileen McNamara’s human touch as a reporter played well when she became a columnist, too.
In a column that helped him win a Pulitzer Prize, a critic puts the Brooklyn Bridge in historical perspective.
The Newsday columnist Jim Dwyer looks south for a lesson on capital punishment.
A New York art critic who stuck to what she loved — and stuck to her guns.
How the winner of the 1980 Pulitzer Prize in Spot News Photography finally got his due.
Pulitzer family correspondence shows robust debate about how to keep the prizes healthy.
