'Nickel Boys' by Colson Whitehead is now a 'devastating' movie
WEB5 days ago — Based on a true story, the movie version of Colson Whitehead's "Nickel Boys" gives a first-person point of view on horrific abuse at a Florida school.
Colson Whitehead channels the paranoia and fear of 1970s NYC in ... - NPR
WEBJul 24, 2023 — Colson Whitehead channels the paranoia and fear of 1970s NYC in 'Crook Manifesto'. "My early '70s New York is dingy and grimy," the Pulitzer Prize-winning author says. Whitehead's sequel to...
Colson Whitehead Reinvents Himself, Again - The New York Times
WEBSep 8, 2021 — Colson Whitehead Reinvents Himself, Again - The New York Times. After winning back-to-back Pulitzers, the author of “The Underground Railroad” and “The Nickel Boys” took another detour with his...
Colson Whitehead Cancels His Commencement Speech at UMass …
WEBMay 9, 2024 — The Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead said Thursday that he would not give the commencement address at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on May 18 as planned, citing the...
Interview: Colson Whitehead - The New York Times
WEBOct 21, 2021 — Colson Whitehead warily approached the cold, abandoned tunnel and ventured inside. “Water was dripping everywhere,” he recalls. “It was really dank and muddy.” As his eyes adjusted to the...
Colson Whitehead Returns To His Home Turf With 'Harlem Shuffle' - NPR
WEBSep 15, 2021 — Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead does extensive background research whenever he works on a book. For his latest novel, Harlem Shuffle, that meant learning how stolen items get...
‘Nickel Boys’: Colson Whitehead’s Harrowing ... - Yahoo News UK
WEB5 days ago — First-person storytelling is taken to an excessive degree in Nickel Boys, RaMell Ross’ adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2019 novel, whose primary action is shot from the point-of-view of its protagonist and, eventually, his best friend. That approach is intended to foster intimate engagement with the plight of its victimized characters. Yet instead, it has the ...
Colson Whitehead Finally Gets To Flex His Comedy Muscle - NPR
WEBSep 29, 2021 — After writing his Pulitzer Prize-winning books The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, author Colson Whitehead needed a change of pace. So for his next novel, Harlem Shuffle, he decided...
Colson Whitehead: Author wins Pulitzer Prize for a second time
WEBMay 5, 2020 — US author Colson Whitehead has become only the fourth writer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice. The African-American author was honoured for The …
Colson Whitehead: The only writer to win fiction Pulitzers for ...
WEBMar 1, 2021 — Colson Whitehead is its only member. He won last year for his novel, "The Nickel Boys," about the Jim Crow south. In 2017, he won for "The Underground Railroad." Through historical fiction, he...