2022 Pulitzer Prize Winners

A uniquely vivid memoir combining a powerful narrative with eye-popping art, tracing the arc of a life that stretches from Jim Crow Georgia to Atlanta’s High Museum of Art. Winfred Rembert’s telling of his long journey through poverty, prison, and a near-miss death at the hands of a mob, finding his way through love to truthful witness is raw, exultant and riveting. The presence of a bracing spirit resonates on every page. If you love deep storytelling, history and great art, do not miss out!  

We have another Pulitzer Prize Winner for Andrea Elliott, and this one spans eight years of Dasani’s life. Get swept up in Dasani’s childhood as Elliott also intertwines it with the history of Dasani’s ancestors. This story of resilience, the effects of poverty, and the importance of family will keep you riveted all the way through. We also highly recommend listening to Andrea Elliott discussing Invisible Child on Poured Over: The B&N Podcast. 

A true story about the ramifications of a single crime that reverberates through history to present day, this story of the killing of a Native American man in early America (1722) sheds a light on crime, punishment and the definition of justice. This book is one to read as it gives a rebuttal against the constant assumptions about “civilized” Europeans and “savage” Native Americans, showing the sophistication the Iroquois had in relation to the colonials.  

In this comprehensive history of the relationship between Cuba and the United States by one of the world’s leading historians of Cuba, readers gain an inside look at the evolution of the nation. It draws on over 30 years of extensive research and travel to the island in order to present the intimacy between the two countries (even though it’s often surprising and distressed) in a way that gives Americans insight into both the United States and Cuba.

Poetry fans will be delighted by this year’s poetry Pulitzer Prize winner. An intimate collection of sonnets, these poems reflect a life lived authentically and fully, and readers will find themselves moving alongside Diane Seuss through time, thought, and space as they experience the poems that frankly shine a light into Diane Seuss’s own life.  

For a genre-bending story centering around a Jewish historian (who is not a historian of the Jews) as he finds himself the unexpected and reluctant host to guests, the family of an exiled Israeli scholar who’s applied to work at the same university. With elements of comedy and exploring themes like blending, identity, and politics, this book mixes fiction and nonfiction in a delightful way.