The 2009 Pulitzer Prize winners were just announced. I’ve listed the book categories below. (A full list of winners, including music, drama, and journalism can be found here.) I’ll have more thoughts on the winners (and finalists) later, but wanted to get this up.

If you’re planning to buy any of this year’s winners, buying them through the links provided below will help support The Second Pass. Thanks.

Fiction
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

History
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed

Biography or Autobiography
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham

Poetry
The Shadow of Sirius by W.S. Merwin

General Nonfiction
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon