In today's Brief Encounters, we explore the Pulitzer Prize — and get surprised at every turn. Joseph
Pulitzer shot a man in his twenties and kept his political career. He invented yellow journalism. He treated newsboys so
badly there was a strike in 1899 (that's the Newsies). Then he died and left money to fund the prize that now bears his
name.
We also cover: this year's fiction winner Angel Down by Daniel Kraus (one sentence, the whole book), the $15,000 prize
that shocked us both, a quiet ethics controversy on this year's board, and the Newberry Award books that shaped us as
kids.
Facts and Fictions is a cozy book club podcast where we talk about the books we're reading and the thoughts we have on them.
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