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Books by Colson Whitehead mentioned on podcasts
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historical fiction novel that reimagines the antebellum South by turning the secret network of abolitionist routes into a literal subterranean railway system utilized by an enslaved woman named Cora seeking freedom.
Discussed“I spoke to Coulson Whitehead as part of this podcast series about his book The Underground ril Road and he said something to the effect when talking about the steps that led to that book”
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The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novel depicting the brutal abuses suffered by teenage boys at a reform school in the Jim Crow-era American South.
Discussed“raml Ross is an artist a photographer and a filmmaker and his latest work nickelbys is an adaptation of Coulson whiteheads Pulitzer Prize winning novel the book and the movie both are about a pair of black boys wood and Turner who find themselves in a vicious reform school in 1960s Jim Crow South”
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Harlem Shuffle
Harlem Shuffle is a 2021 novel by Colson Whitehead that follows Ray Carney, a furniture salesman in 1960s Harlem navigating a double life involving low-level crime and heists.
Discussed“he's a divided nature and over the course of first book Harlem Shuffle and then this book crook Manifesto”
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The intuitionist
The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead is a distinctive debut novel that blends municipal politics, architectural intrigue, and magical realism around the life of a pioneering elevator inspector.
Discussed“I reread the intuitionist I was I was writing something about it and that came out in 99 and I was struck by one my excessive use of adjectives and and two I felt that young Coulson was trying to get at something”
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The noble hustle
The noble hustle by Colson Whitehead is a non-fiction humor book about poker and personal reflection.
Discussed“that was The Noble Hustle Noble Hustle yeah so how did you get from The Noble Hustle to the Underground Railroad”
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John Henry Days
John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead is a rich, humorous, and poignant novel that weaves together the American folklore of the legendary steel-driving man, the history of the railroad, and contemporary media culture.
Discussed“in the case of me my second book John Henry Days made a big splash and I got and I gained some foreign Publishers”
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Cool Machine
Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead is the thrilling conclusion to the author's acclaimed Harlem crime trilogy.
Recommended“One was Coulson Whitehead's Cool Machine, the last of his Harlem crime series. Maybe the most entertaining book I read this year.”
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Crook Manifesto
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead is a gritty, atmospheric crime novel and a direct sequel to Harlem Shuffle, following its protagonist through the turbulent criminal underworld of 1970s New York.
Recommended“he's back with crooked Manifesto a sequel to his novel Harlem Shuffle”
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The Colossus of New York
The Colossus of New York by Colson Whitehead is a lyrical, evocative collection of essays that captures the pulsating rhythm, complexity, and emotional resonance of New York City.
Recommended“so this was a piece that was published a month after the Attacks of September 11th at the New York Times magazine and was later collected in a book of yours the Colossus of New York”
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Zone One
Zone One by Colson Whitehead is a dystopian zombie novel that blends genre tropes with sharp social commentary, serving as the author's literary precursor to his acclaimed works The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys.
Discussed“and I think if I look back at Zone one the zombie novel which was the fix the novel I wrote before underground ro road and then nickel boy”
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