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front row (sitting) left to right: E. Ramshaw, N. Brown, T. Shelby, M. Miller; back row left to right: C. Lozada, N. Barnes, V. T. Nguyen, K. Lytle Hernández, A. Applebaum, J. Cobb (on screen; attending virtually), K. Merida, N. Carroll, S. Chan, D. Remnick (slightly behind S. Chan), G. Escobar, G. Thompson (slightly behind G. Escobar) and E. Alexander (absent: M. Shafik). (Photo by Jose R. Lopez)

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Neil Brown and Tommie Shelby, co-chairs; Marjorie Miller, administrator

Archibald, Chua, Trethewey Join Pulitzer Board

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Journalists John Archibald of Alabama’s AL.com, Gina Chua of the global news site Semafor, and poet Natasha Trethewey have been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board.
 

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John Archibald, Gina Chua, Natasha Trethewey

Journalists and Media Workers Covering the War in Gaza

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In recent years the Pulitzer Board has issued citations honoring journalists covering wars in Ukraine and Afghanistan. This year, the Board recognizes the courageous work of journalists and media workers covering the war in Gaza. Under horrific conditions, an extraordinary number of journalists have died in the effort to tell the stories of Palestinians and others in Gaza. This war has also claimed the lives of poets and writers among the casualties. As the Pulitzer Prizes honor categories of journalism, arts, and letters, we mark the loss of invaluable records of the human experience.
Tags: 2024

Greg Tate

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A special citation for the late writer and critic Greg Tate, whose language – cribbed from literature, academia, popular culture and hip-hop – was as influential as the content of his ideas. His aesthetic, innovations and intellectual originality, particularly in his pioneering hip-hop criticism, continue to influence subsequent generations, especially writers and critics of color.
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Felipe Lara

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Double Concerto for esperanza spalding, Claire Chase, and large orchestra
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Premiered on March 23, 2023 at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, a reimagining of the traditional concerto, with improvisation, vocalization, and Afro-Brazilian elements that forge compelling, intimate relationships between the orchestra and two soloists.
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Categories: Music

Mary Kouyoumdjian

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Paper Pianos
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Premiered at EMPAC (Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Troy, N.Y. on February 25, 2023, a socially urgent multi-media work that boldly melds music and audio documentary with first-person stories of refugees, exploring how music serves as solace and inspiration under conditions of displacement.
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Categories: Music

Tyshawn Sorey

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Premiered on March 16, 2023 at Atlanta Symphony Hall, an introspective saxophone concerto with a wide range of textures presented in a slow tempo, a beautiful homage that’s quietly intense, treasuring intimacy rather than spectacle.
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Categories: Music
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Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith)

Eboni Booth

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A simple and elegantly crafted story of an emotionally damaged man who finds a new job, new friends and a new sense of worth, illustrating how small acts of kindness can change a person’s life and enrich an entire community.
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Categories: Drama
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Primary Trust

Shayok Misha Chowdhury

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Public Obscenities
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A densely written, deeply-felt drama that examines identity, home, queerness, and language through the lens of a Bengali American reuniting with his family in India.
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Categories: Drama

Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich

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Here There Are Blueberries
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An elegant and harrowing work of documentary theater that examines the provenance of a photo album from Auschwitz and probes the unsolvable mystery of how individuals can insist on normalcy while atrocity lurks outside the frame.
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Categories: Drama