2024 Pulitzer Prizes Celebrate Diverse Narratives in Literature and Arts

This year's Pulitzer winners include a novel set in a post-Civil War asylum, a drama about a bookstore worker, and various works exploring historical and social themes.

• Jayne Anne Phillips awarded the Pulitzer for fiction with her novel 'Night Watch', a mother-daughter story set in a West Virginia asylum.
• Eboni Booth wins drama Pulitzer for 'Primary Trust', depicting a bookstore worker's life changes.
• 'A Day in the Life of Abed Salama' by Nathan Thrall clinches nonfiction prize, portraying life under Israeli occupation.
• Historical insights on Boston's Black workers during the Civil War era earn Jacqueline Jones a Pulitzer.
• Biography Pulitzers awarded to Jonathan Eig for his work on Martin Luther King Jr. and Ilyon Woo for a tale of an enslaved couple's escape.

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