The Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday. I was preparing for my class, but tuned in a bit after 3 p.m. Fiction was the last category announced, and to my delight, .Same Bed Different Dreams. was named as one of the three finalists! The judging committee called it "an inventive postmodern novel that moves from the brutal Japanese occupation of the Korean Peninsula to a lonely Korean American boy’s passion for the Buffalo Sabres, [told in] interlinked narratives that jump historical and imaginary time zones with humor, sorrow and irreverence."

What a thrill! The other finalists were Yiyun Li's .Wednesday's Child. and Jayne Anne Phillips's .Night Watch., with the prize going to the latter.