Wesley Morris

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Wesley Morris is an American critic who serves as critic at large at The New York Times, where he writes about race and culture. A graduate of Yale University (class of 1997), he wrote for The San Francisco Chronicle and The San Francisco Examiner, then spent a stint as film critic at The Boston Globe, where he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2012. He subsequently worked as a staff writer and columnist for Grantland, writing about movies, television, and the role of style in professional sports, and joined The New York Times in 2015. In 2021 Morris won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism a second time, for a series of essays exploring the intersection of race and pop culture — making him, per Colgate University's account of the Pulitzer record, the only writer to have won the Criticism prize more than once. The Pulitzer committee praised the 2021 work for its deeply engaged criticism on the intersection of race and culture in America, written in a singular style, alternately playful and profound. His subjects have ranged across the moral force of civilian cellphone videos, Hollywood's addiction to racial reconciliation fantasies, and the endangerment of romantic comedies. He has co-hosted the Times podcast Still Processing.

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Sources

• American Academy of Arts and Sciences — 'Wesley Morris' member page (updated August 2026) (accessed 2026-10-16) — Morris as critic at large at the NYT writing on race and culture; second Pulitzer for criticism in 2021; Grantland staff writer/columnist; Boston Globe film critic and 2012 Pulitzer; earlier San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner; Yale graduate — https://www.amacad.org/person/wesley-morris (primary source · build store)
• Colgate University — 'Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner Selected as Colgate University's Commencement Speaker' (published 2022-04-18) (accessed 2026-10-16) — Yale class of 1997; joined the NYT in 2015; first Pulitzer at the Globe in 2012; second Pulitzer in 2021 for essays on race and pop culture; the only writer to win the Criticism prize twice; the Pulitzer committee's 2021 praise; Still Processing co-host — https://www.colgate.edu/news/stories/two-time-pulitzer-prize-winner-selected-colgate-universitys-commencement-speaker (build store)

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