Things in Nature Merely Grow
by Yiyun Li
🏆 Winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography or Memoir
Yiyun Li reflects on the heartbreaking loss of both of her sons, Vincent and James, to suicide. The 2026 Pulitzer committee described it as a “deeply moving and revelatory account” of unimaginable grief; “an austere and defiant memoir of acceptance that focuses on facts, language and the persistence of life.”
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