Read 5 Pulitzer Fiction Winners (and Finalists) in 5 Months

New Mexico Humanities Council and Selected Libraries Across the State To Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Pulitzer Prizes

 

Six libraries across New Mexico will partner with the New Mexico Humanities Council beginning in April to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the prestigious Pulitzer Prizes with a five-month reading and discussion series centered on five works of fiction deemed among the best of the best by Prize judges over the years.

 

Libraries taking part include the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library, South Broadway Branch in Albuquerque, the Clovis-Carver Public Library in Clovis, the Marshall Memorial Library in Deming, the Octavia Fellin Public Library in Gallup, the Thomas C. Donnelly Library at New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, N.M., and the Thomas Branigan Memorial Library in Las Cruces.

 

“The New Mexico Humanities Council supports the Pulitzer Campfire Initiative because everybody should have the opportunity to read and enjoy good novels,” said Dr. Craig Newbill, executive director of the New Mexico Humanities Council.

 

“Reading fosters emotional intelligence and enhances social and personal interactions,” Newbill said. “The best literature provides for valuable experiences and personal growth. It is enjoyable and personally rewarding to read really good books and share details about life. It is pleasing and not just a theoretical activity.”

 

Each library will host a program designed to challenge and engage members of its respective community to read and discuss one Pulitzer Prize novel each month — novels that represent different historical periods, regions and cultures but that all reveal meaningful perspectives on ourselves, our own culture and the world we live in.

 

The five novels are: