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Displaying all articles tagged:
Colson Whitehead
the library is open
June 19, 2023
Put Down the Juneteenth Ice Cream and Pick Up These 16 Books
A reading list for America’s latest greeting-card category.
By
Jordan Taliha McDonald
vulture lists
May 25, 2023
18 New Beach Reads for Every Kind of Book Lover
Books so good you’ll forget to reapply sunscreen.
a long talk
Sept. 9, 2021
How Colson Whitehead Pulled It Off
His new novel is
Harlem Shuffle
, a very New York story about life in the gray area between legitimacy and hustle.
By
Craig Jenkins
fall preview 2021
Aug. 31, 2021
40 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Fall
Including Sally Rooney, Colson Whitehead, Tiphanie Yanique, and, yes, Jonathan Franzen.
tv development
Aug. 5, 2021
Colson Whitehead’s
Sag Harbor
in Development at HBO Max
The Underground Railroad
effect.
By
Zoe Haylock
teasers
Jan. 25, 2021
Barry Jenkins Is Dropping
Underground Railroad
Hints
Get a first look at the Colson Whitehead adaptation coming to Prime Video.
By
Zoe Haylock
awards
May 4, 2020
Colson Whitehead Wins Second Pulitzer Prize,
A Strange Loop
Wins for Drama
Plus,
New York
’s own Justin Davidson is a finalist in criticism.
By
Justin Curto
casting
Aug. 22, 2019
William Jackson Harper Joins Amazon’s
Underground Railroad
More fraught ethical quandaries! Goody!
By
Bethy Squires
must reads
July 10, 2019
7 New Books You Should Read This July
Colson Whitehead, Helen Phillips, Lisa Taddeo, and more.
By
BORIS KACHKA
summer preview
May 23, 2019
12 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Summer
Colson Whitehead, Jia Tolentino, Raphael Bob-Waksberg, and more.
By
Hillary Kelly
and
Maris Kreizman
awp conference
Mar. 30, 2019
Colson Whitehead’s Fierce and Funny Primer on Life and Chicken
“If it tastes like shit, it’s cultural appropriation,” and other lessons from the Pulitzer winner’s keynote speech at the AWP conference.
By
Evan Allgood
barry jenkins
June 5, 2018
Barry Jenkins to Direct Every Episode of Amazon’s
Underground Railroad
The Colson Whitehead adaptation has been officially ordered to series.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
man booker prize
July 27, 2017
2017 Man Booker Prize Long List: Colson Whitehead, Zadie Smith, Arundhati Roy
Colson Whitehead, Zadie Smith, Arundhati Roy, and more made the cut.
By
Dee Lockett
year in culture 2016
Dec. 7, 2016
The 10 Best Books of 2016
No. 1:
The Underground Railroad
.
By
Christian Lorentzen
Nov. 17, 2016
Colson Whitehead Has Some Advice for Getting Through the Next Four Years
“Be kind to everybody, make art, and fight the power.”
By
Gabe Cohn
great adaptations
Sept. 17, 2016
Underground Railroad
to Become Limited Series
This is bound to be brilliant.
By
Devon Ivie
national book award
Sept. 15, 2016
Here’s the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction Long List
Colson Whitehead is a first-time nominee for
The Underground Railroad
.
By
Dee Lockett
Sept. 13, 2016
How Colson Whitehead Got From Zombies to Slavery
The novel is a major departure for him.
By
Christian Lorentzen
books
Aug. 14, 2016
In Conversation With Colson Whitehead
The author of
The Underground Railroad
on Oprah’s endorsement and avoiding clichés of the “Southern Novel of Black Misery.”
By
BORIS KACHKA
oprah book club 2.0
Aug. 2, 2016
Oprah Picks Whitehead’s
Underground Railroad
And will also be excerpted in the New York
Times
.
By
Nate Jones
end of days
Nov. 29, 2012
Why TV Apocalypses Are Really Wish-Fulfillment Fables
Sure, there are zombies and militias on
The Walking Dead
and
Revolution
, but life is so
simple
.
By
Heather Havrilesky
chat room
Oct. 18, 2011
Colson Whitehead on His Zombie Novel, Growing Up on Horror Films, and Turning His Book Into a Movie
“The problem with movie options is that you say yes, and then you realize that whatever happened is not your vision.”
By
Jennifer Vineyard
clickables
Aug. 15, 2011
Read the First Section of Colson Whitehead’s
Zone One
The “zombie novel” is out October 18.
By
Amanda Dobbins
ranters and ravers
Jan. 16, 2009
James Wood Spoofed
Colson Whitehead parodies ‘How Fiction Works’ in the new ‘Harper’s.’
By
Lane Brown