Congratulations to Richard Powers for a novel that captures the tragedy of what we have lost (and continue to lose) every time we cut down some of the oldest-living inhabitants of this planet.
I reviewed the book here with my only criticism being the conspicuous lack of vegan characters. You don’t have to look very hard to discover that many anti-logging activists are also animal rights activists.
Which leads me to the question: When will a vegan novel win the Pulitzer Prize?
But I digress. I’m so happy to see a truly environmental novel win this award, and deservedly so!
https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/richard-powers
John is an award-winning author of stories, novels and plays. He is author of THE STANDING DEAD, coming in 2027. He is also author of the novels The Tourist Trail and Where Oceans Hide Their Dead and co-author of the mystery Devils Island. He is editor of Writing for Animals (also now a writing program). More at JohnYunker.com.