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One afternoon in mid-June, the playwright Katori Hall glanced at her phone. A text had come in from a former agent. âOMG,â it read. Hall was confused. Then her current agent phoned, telling her she had just won this yearâs Pulitzer prize for drama.
âAnd I was like, âWhaaat?!ââ Hall recalls. âI started screaming and running around in circles in my house.â Her young son was less impressed. âHe was like, âMom, be quiet. Iâm looking at YouTube.ââ
Predictions for the drama Pulitzer went a little wonky this year. With nearly all theatres shut since March, a play was as likely to appear online as anywhere else and few could guess which works the prizegivers would reward. But the board ultimately chose Hallâs play The Hot Wing King, which the citation described as âa funny, deeply felt consideration of Black masculinity and how it is perceived, filtered through the exp
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