PULITZER PRIZES 2008

The 2008 Pulitzer Prizes were just announced this week. In the Letters, Drama, and Music category, the winners included:
FICTION
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (NEW DIAZ, J.)
DRAMA
August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
HISTORY
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 by Daniel Walker Howe (NEW 973.5 HOW)
BIOGRAPHY
Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by John Matteson (NEW BIO ALCOTT, L.)
POETRY (tie)
Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005 by Robert Hass
Failure by Philip Schultz
GENERAL NONFICTION
The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 by Saul Friedlander
MUSIC
The Little Match Girl Passion by David Lang
SPECIAL CITATION
Bob Dylan

A Special Citation to Bob Dylan for his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power.