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Interview (July 16, 2019) Author Colson Whitehead on ‘The Nickel Boys’ and fantasy vs. realism

Links for other Interviews with Colson Whitehead

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (7:49) November 11, 2019 video
Colson Whitehead On The True Story Of Abuse And Injustice Behind 'Nickel Boys' (31) July 16, 2019 with Dave Davies NPR Fresh Air , hosted by Terry Gross. Audio & Transcript
Time Talks: Colson Whitehead (1:04:17) October 3, 2019 New York Times Events
CBS Sunday Morning: Colson Whitehead on "The Nickel Boys" (7:36) speaking with Lee Cowan Video
Los Angles Times (Books): Colson Whitehead on the ‘incredible evil’ of the real school that inspired ‘Nickel Boys’ July 12, 2019 Article
National Book Festival (35.17) Video: Library of Congress Book Festival: Award introduce and conferred by LOC Librarian Carla Hayden, discussion with Colson Whitehead hosted by Arana Discuss

Literary World

Colson Whitehead
Biography provided by Newsmakers dated 2017. Accessed via Gale In Context: Biography
LATEST NEWS: LIBRARY [ of Congress] AWARDS FICTION PRIZE TO COLSON WHITEHEAD.
Article provided by State News Service (July 20, 2020). Accessed via Gale in Context: Biography
Colson Whitehead
Critical Essay by Saul Austerlitz (Sept-Oct 2019). Accessed via Maine Digital Library database: Gale Literature
Colson Whitehead's Website

News & Media

Author Colson Whitehead Reminds Us to See Ourselves by Mitchell S. Jackson July 8, 2019
Time Magazine (Cover Story)
In ‘The Nickel Boys,’ Colson Whitehead Depicts a Real-Life House of Horrors by Frank Rich July 14, 2019
New York Times Books Review

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