Pulitzer Prizes go to guests of theGrio’s ‘Writing Black’

TheGrio’s “Writing Black” podcast was created to honor the work of Black writers — and this week, a number of of our first-season visitors have been honored with Pulitzer Prizes! On Monday, musician Rhiannon Giddens and former Washington Submit colleagues Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa have been all named a part of the Pulitzers’ class of 2023, as have been fellow Black writers Caitlin Dickerson, workers author at The Atlantic (for Explanatory Reporting) and Carl Phillips, who received the Poetry prize for “Then the Warfare: And Chosen Poems, 2007-2020” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).

Samuels and Olorunnipa earned their Basic Nonfiction honor for his or her groundbreaking biography, “His Title Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Battle for Racial Justice” (Viking). Comprised of over 400 interviews throughout greater than 400 pages, the guide explores the intricacies of Floyd’s life within the broader context of America’s lengthy historical past of racial injustices, main scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to deem it “a necessary work of historical past.”

Grammy Award winner and 2017 MacArthur Fellow Rhiannon Giddens can now add a Pulitzer to her rising record of accolades; her opera “Omar,” co-written with Michael Abels, earned this yr’s Music prize. As described on the Pulitzer web site, “Omar” is “an progressive and compelling opera about enslaved individuals delivered to North America from Muslim nations, a musical work that respectfully represents African in addition to African American traditions, increasing the language of the operatic type whereas conveying the humanity of these condemned to bondage.”

Excitingly, Samuels, Olorunnipa, and Giddens all delve into the method and inspiration behind their Pulitzer Prize-winning works whereas in dialog with me, Maiysha Kai, on theGrio’s “Writing Black.” You’ll be able to revisit these conversations and extra on theGrio’s Black Podcast community, and think about all the record of 2023 Pulitzer Prize winners on the group’s web site.

Maiysha Kai is theGrio’s life-style editor, protecting all issues Black and exquisite. Her work is knowledgeable by 20 years of expertise in style and leisure, nice books, and the brilliance of Black tradition. She can also be the editor-author of Physique: Phrases of Change collection.

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