Exhibition Launch Event in Chicago
At left, Jelani Cobb, Pulitzer board member and moderator, in conversation with Pulitzer winners (from left to right): 2026 Fiction winner Daniel Kraus, 2025 Fiction winner Percival Everett, 2026 Biography winner Amanda Vaill, 2021 Breaking News Photography winner, Jon Cherry of Getty Images.
The Pulitzer on the Road traveling exhibition, developed in partnership with the American Library Association, launched in Chicago on Wednesday October 14, 2026 at the Harold Washington Library Center, the Chicago Public Library’s central location.
The event featured these Pulitzer winners in conversation with Jelani Cobb, a Pulitzer Board member and dean of the Columbia Journalism School:
- 2025 Fiction winner Percival Everett
- 2026 Fiction winner Daniel Kraus
- 2026 Biography winner Amanda Vaill
- 2022 Breaking News Photography winner Jon Cherry of Getty Images
The conversation focused on storytelling and America by Pulitzer winners working across many genres.
Watch a livestream video capture of the event here.
For more details about this and other events around the Pulitzer on the Road Traveling Exhibition in Chicago, see the Chicago Public Library website.
The Chicago Public Library is the first site of the Pulitzer on the Road traveling exhibition, which will visit 20 public libraries across the country over two years. You can read more about the exhibition and full exhibition tour here.