“Read all Pulitzer Fiction Winners” was at the top of my bucket list when I turned 50. I was just about finished reading the last of the 66 winners when George Floyd was murdered. I wondered then what a nerd like me could do to help create an inclusive America. My answer is to encourage people to read Pulitzer Fiction winners for inclusion through the Pulitzer Book Club.

I grew up in the “Rabbit is Rich” environment – Suburban Philadelphia during the 1970s – and love to play golf, so I feel qualified to say “Rabbit is Rich” nails the despicable womanizing racist country clubber sleazy car salesman. “Rabbit is Rich” reads like an X-rated, literary “All in the Family.” Think satire with outrageous slurs and cringe-inducing humor, with the X-factor of explicit sex scenes, including a particularly memorable encounter involving Krugerrands.

“Rabbit is Rich” a book that makes you want to take a shower and challenges you to delete the awful bigoted imagery Updike burns into your brain. It’s by no means my favorite Pulitzer, but I’m glad I read it because it’s a constant voice in my head urging me to set a good example and be a good mom and an inclusive community member.

Joyce’s Inclusive Cause: The Animal Assisted Activity Program at Doylestown Hospital. Nobody is more eager to make friends with everyone than a therapy dog.
https://www.doylestownhealth.org/about/volunteer-services/animal-assisted-activity-program/about