The 2021 Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Arts, and Letters were announced at Columbia University on June 11, and four Penguin Random House titles were among the finalists in three categories.
Biography
RED COMET: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark
(Knopf hc/e-book, Random House Audio, October 2020 publication; Vintage Trade Paperback September 2021; PRH Canada distribution)
Editor: Deb Garrison
Poetry
IN THE LATENESS OF THE WORLD: Poems by Carolyn Forché (Penguin Press hc/e-book, Penguin Audio, March 2020 publication; Penguin Books Trade Paperback published March 2021; PRH Canada distribution)
Editor: Christopher Richards
General Nonfiction
MINOR FEELINGS: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong (One World hc/e-book, Random House Audio, February 2020 publication; Random House Trade Paperback published March 2021; PRH Canada distribution)
Editors: Victory Matsui/Chris Jackson
YELLOW BIRD: Oil, Murder, and a Woman’s Search for Justice in Indian Country by Sierra Crane Murdoch (Random House hc/e-book, RH Audio, February 2020 publication; Random House Trade Paperback, February 2021; PRH Canada distribution)
Editor: Annie Chagnot
