Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic by Alan Taylor (Alfred A. Knopf) Poetry: The Dream of the Unified Field by Jorie Graham (The Ecco Press) Drama: Rent by Jonathan Larson (Rob Weisbach Books/William Morrow) Music: Lilacs by George Walker (MMB Music) Special Citations Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards Herb Caen, local columnist of the San Francisco Chronicle, for his extraordinary and continuing contribution as a voice and conscience of his city. References External links Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prizes by year