Colson Whitehead

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Two-time Pulitzer Prize Winner Colson Whitehead Discusses His Novel 'Harlem Shuffle'

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead joins us to discuss his latest novel, Harlem Shuffle, a family drama and crime novel set in 1960s Harlem.

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'Harlem Shuffle' with Colson Whitehead

Friday, December 24, 2021

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead discusses his latest novel, Harlem Shuffle.

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Colson Whitehead on 'Harlem Shuffle'

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Colson Whitehead joins us to discuss his new book, 'Harlem Shuffle.'

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Get Lit with All Of It: Colson Whitehead

Thursday, November 26, 2020

We rebroadcast our Get Lit book club conversation with Colson Whitehead about his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, 'The Nickel Boys.' 

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Get Lit with All Of It: Colson Whitehead, 'The Nickel Boys'

Friday, July 31, 2020

Colson Whitehead discusses his Pulitzer-winning novel, The Nickel Boys, from our virtual Get Lit with All Of It event.

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Colson Whitehead, 'Fleishman is in Trouble,' 'The Divine Miss Marble,' Defining Character, Library Reopening

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Get Lit With All Of It preview. 'Fleishman is in Trouble' novel. A forgotten tennis star. Defining good/bad character. Library reopening update.

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Colson Whitehead Get Lit Preview

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Colson Whitehead joins us for a preview conversation ahead of his Get Lit with All Of It book club event.

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Colson Whitehead Goes Zombie

Thursday, October 27, 2016

How did a highbrow MacArthur genius end up writing a book about zombies?

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'Eat, Pray, Love' for Depressed Shut-ins

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

That's how Colson Whitehead describes his new book, in which he searches for meaning at high-stakes poker tables.

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Colson Whitehead Goes Zombie

Friday, November 25, 2011

Colson Whitehead is one of America’s most respected novelists, the author of The Intuitionist and Sag Harbor and a MacArthur ‘genius.’ But his new book goes pretty lowbrow. Zone One ...

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Guest Picks: Colson Whitehead

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Writer Colson Whitehead was on the Lopate Show recently to discuss his latest novel, Zero One, and he told us what he's been reading recently.

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Colson Whitehead on Zone One

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Colson Whitehead talks about his new novel, Zone One, a wry take on the post-apocalyptic horror novel about zombies. A pandemic has devastated the planet, leaving behind the uninfected and the infected, the living and the living dead. Now the plague is receding, and Americans are rebuild­ing civilization, focusing on resettling Manhattan. Armed forces have successfully reclaimed the island south of Canal Street—Zone One—but pockets of plague-ridden squatters remain.

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The Greene Space

Studio 360 Live: Tim Minchin, Cintra Wilson & Colson Whitehead

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

7:00 PM

Join Kurt Andersen for a night of comedy, music and storytelling, featuring novelist Colson Whitehead, raconteur Cintra Wilson, and musical comedian Tim Minchin, an Australian phenomenon about to break out in America.

Sag Harbor

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

In his autobiographical fourth novel Sag Harbor, Colson Whitehead explores the desperate adolescent quest for reinvention and the elusive nature of identity at an elite Manhattan prep school in 1985.

Events: Colson Whitehead will be reading and signing books
Wednesday, April 29, at 7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble, ...

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The Language of Race in the White House Race

Friday, April 25, 2008

Recent New York Times op-ed contributor Colson Whitehead talks about how public perceptions of race influence voter choice for the next president.

OPEN PHONES: We want to hear from you.

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What's in a Name?

Friday, April 28, 2006

The hero of Colson Whitehead's new novel Apex Hides the Hurt is an advertising executive with a natural gift for branding new products

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Colson, Born to Run, Zahedi

Friday, April 28, 2006

Kurt Andersen talks with novelist Colson Whitehead about the power of names and why he wanted the hero of his book to be an expert in product branding. We’ll hear from a filmmaker whose colossal self-absorption is actually fun to watch on screen. And Kurt talks with a listener who was inspired by Bruce Springsteen’s "Born to Run" to quit his job – and join the Army.

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