The Pulitzer Prize Board of Guys Who Matter have announced that they will not be giving out a prize this year for fiction. This is the first time since 1977 that the prize has not been given out. Publishers and others from around the world of wanting to make money from the literary equivalent of Oprah's book club have gotten all their panties in a twist at the assertion that no good books have been released this year.
You know who's probably pissed about this the most: the cast of the Jersey Shore. From Snooki's A Shore Thing to The Rules According to JWOWW, these people have been waiting up for days for the news. But, dude, you say, those are not fiction. The very fact that we are supposed to believe that these people sat down to write a book is all the fiction the Pulitzer Board should need.
Quick, somebody tell me what last years book was without looking it up. You probably ordered it, looked at it, held it in your hand, maybe made a display. Hell, some of you probably even read it. Off the top of your head, right now, can you name it?
Pulitzer Fiction Snub Has Book Publishers Fuming - New York Times (blog)
You know who's probably pissed about this the most: the cast of the Jersey Shore. From Snooki's A Shore Thing to The Rules According to JWOWW, these people have been waiting up for days for the news. But, dude, you say, those are not fiction. The very fact that we are supposed to believe that these people sat down to write a book is all the fiction the Pulitzer Board should need.
Quick, somebody tell me what last years book was without looking it up. You probably ordered it, looked at it, held it in your hand, maybe made a display. Hell, some of you probably even read it. Off the top of your head, right now, can you name it?
Pulitzer Fiction Snub Has Book Publishers Fuming - New York Times (blog)