This week saw the announcement of the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes—which, if you've been following along at home, I had some questions regarding! Unsurprisingly, that's also where we start the show this week. Then, Marie-Helene Bertino (Exit Zero) drops by to talk about vampires, Sinners, and the pitfalls of immortality and Meg Reid of Hub City Writers wraps up with a helpful explainer of just what it means that the NEA has suddenly cancelled funding for non-profit presses and other arts organizations. No Pope stuff, though. Missed the filing deadline by a couple hours.

• "Did the Pulitzer Board just overrule the Jury to give Percival Everett the prize?"
• "Viola in Midwinter" by Marie-Helene Bertino (from our "One great short story..." series this month)
• Sinners
• Hub City Writers
• the NEA Grant Termination Spreadsheet from Annie Dorsen

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