In this episode, we get excited about two books: The Tumbling Girl by Bridget Walsh and The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives by Naoíse Mac Sweeney. Then Mel shares the highlights of the first Pulitzer Prize winners. LINKS The Tumbling Girl by Bridge Walsh The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives by Naoíse Mac Sweeney Pulitzer Prize website All the winners organized by year. Herbert Bayard Swope’s Wikipedia page See photos of his mansion on Long Island here and here. Julia Ward Howe’s Wikipedia page. Josef Pulitzer and the Crowdfunding Campaign That Saved the Statue of Liberty. SSoP Podcast Episode 27 — Newsroom: From Clacking Typewriters to Viral Video. An American Childhood by Annie Dillard Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow The Crofter and the Laird by John McPhee _Less: A Novel by Andrew Sean Greer Middlesex: A Novel_ by Jeffrey Eugenides The Shipping News: A Novel by Annie Proulx So Big by Edna Ferber Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Facebook Twitter Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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