The Pulitzer Prize is an idea; it's a vote of confidence. Like literature, it exists purely in the mind. (Jeffrey Eugenides)

The Pulitzer Prize is an idea; it's a vote of confidence. Like literature, it exists purely in the mind.

Jeffrey Eugenides

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