Book · 2001 · Race relations
John Henry Days
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There's a great book called 'John Henry Days' by Colson Whitehead, who I've name dropped on this podcast a few times before. It's one of his first books, I think it's his second or third. Very, very, very funny, very poignant, it's excellent.
Rich Roll · The Rich Roll Podcast · Apr 2022 Listen at 24:18 The best things said about it
In the case of me my second book John Henry Days made a big splash and I got and I gained some foreign Publishers.
So you're a second book John Henry days which incidentally is also in addition to me about a lot of other things about trains and African-American history it was reviewed in the times book review by I'm sorry if this is painful by Jonathan fransen in May 2001 several months before he put out the corrections.
Why people recommend it
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. On The Rich Roll Podcast, Rich Roll recommended the novel while discussing the legend of John Henry in the context of an athlete's endurance challenge, describing the work as very funny and poignant. In a special edition of The Book Review, Colson Whitehead discussed the book's initial publication, noting that its strong reception helped him secure foreign publishers early in his career. In the same podcast episode, Gilbert Cruz brought up John Henry Days to discuss its multifaceted exploration of African-American history, trains, and media commentary, specifically recalling how Jonathan Franzen reviewed it in the New York Times Book Review back in May 2001. Together, these podcast discussions celebrated the novel as a vital early milestone in Whitehead's literary journey, praised for its sharp wit, historical depth, and brilliant framing of American mythology through a modern lens.
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Rich Roll There's a great book called 'John Henry Days' by Colson Whitehead, who I've name dropped on this podcast a… 1
“There's a great book called 'John Henry Days' by Colson Whitehead, who I've name dropped on this podcast a few times before. It's one of his first books, I think it's his second or third. Very, very, very funny, very poignant, it's excellent.”
Colson Whitehead in the case of me my second book John Henry Days made a big splash and I got and I gained some foreign Publ… 1
“in the case of me my second book John Henry Days made a big splash and I got and I gained some foreign Publishers”
Gilbert Cruz so you're a second book John Henry days which incidentally is also in addition to me about a lot of other t… 1
“so you're a second book John Henry days which incidentally is also in addition to me about a lot of other things about trains and African-American history it was reviewed in the times book review by I'm sorry if this is painful by Jonathan fransen in May 2001 several months before he put out the corrections”