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Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twelve works of fiction and non-fiction, and is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, for The Nickel Boys and The Underground Railroad, which also won the National Book Award. A recipient of MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships, he lives in New York City.

Colson Whitehead is available for select speaking engagements. To inquire about a possible appearance, please contact Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau at speakers@ penguinrandomhouse.com or visitwww.prhspeakers.com.
Cool Machine
The Intuitionist
Crook Manifesto
Harlem Shuffle
The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
The Underground Railroad (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
The Noble Hustle
Zone One
Sag Harbor
Apex Hides the Hurt

Tue Jul 21 | 07:00 PM
McNally Jackson Books at BKLYN STUDIOS.
1 Dekalb Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11201
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Wed Jul 22
Memorial Auditorium, MSU
1 Normal Ave.
Montclair, NJ 07043
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Thu Jul 23 | 08:00 PM
Universal Preservation Hall
25 Washington St
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
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Fri Jul 24 | 07:00 PM
Bank of NH Stage
16 S. Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
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Mon Jul 27 | 07:00 PM
Sixth & I
600 I St NW
Washington, DC 20001
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Tue Jul 28 | 06:30 PM
Fisk University - Jubilee Hall (Appleton Room)
1000 17th Ave N
Nashville, TN 37208
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Wed Jul 29 | 07:00 PM
UFPA Phillips Center
3201 Hull Rd
Gainesville, FL 32611
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Thu Jul 30 | 07:00 PM
First Baptist on Fifth
501 W 5th St.
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
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Mon Aug 03 | 06:00 PM
BARNES & NOBLE #2675
33 E 17TH ST FL 5
NEW YORK, NY 10003-2005
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How writing about race in the past evokes the present | Author Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead (author of The Underground Railroad) | What I'm Reading

Colson Whitehead on his early writing | Author Shorts

Books

Cool Machine
The Intuitionist
Crook Manifesto
Harlem Shuffle
The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
The Underground Railroad (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
The Noble Hustle
Zone One
Sag Harbor
Apex Hides the Hurt

Events

Tue Jul 21 | 07:00 PM
McNally Jackson Books at BKLYN STUDIOS.
1 Dekalb Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Google Map

Wed Jul 22
Memorial Auditorium, MSU
1 Normal Ave.
Montclair, NJ 07043
Google Map

Thu Jul 23 | 08:00 PM
Universal Preservation Hall
25 Washington St
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Google Map

Fri Jul 24 | 07:00 PM
Bank of NH Stage
16 S. Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
Google Map

Mon Jul 27 | 07:00 PM
Sixth & I
600 I St NW
Washington, DC 20001
Google Map

Tue Jul 28 | 06:30 PM
Fisk University - Jubilee Hall (Appleton Room)
1000 17th Ave N
Nashville, TN 37208
Google Map

Wed Jul 29 | 07:00 PM
UFPA Phillips Center
3201 Hull Rd
Gainesville, FL 32611
Google Map

Thu Jul 30 | 07:00 PM
First Baptist on Fifth
501 W 5th St.
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Google Map

Mon Aug 03 | 06:00 PM
BARNES & NOBLE #2675
33 E 17TH ST FL 5
NEW YORK, NY 10003-2005
Google Map

Media

How writing about race in the past evokes the present | Author Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead (author of The Underground Railroad) | What I'm Reading

Colson Whitehead on his early writing | Author Shorts

Five Books To Read if You Loved Marty Supreme

Everyone’s been praising A24’s latest film, Marty Supreme, so it was no surprise when the film secured nine Oscar nominations this year. Apart from these nominations, the film also took social media by storm with Chalamet’s wild, “everything orange” marketing approach. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme follows a table tennis hustler named Marty Mauser who has

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Colson Whiteheads Wins Pulitzer Prize for The Nickel Boys

“A spare and devastating exploration of abuse at a reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida that is ultimately a powerful tale of human perseverance, dignity and redemption.” – The Pulitzer Prize citation for Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead has won his second Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, this time for The Nickel Boys. He

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New York Times Bestsellers from Penguin Random House- August 21, 2016

This week saw four new Penguin Random House titles added to the Hardcover Fiction Bestseller list: Sweet Tomorrows by Debbie Macomber (Random House), The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday), Smooth Operator by Stuart Woods and Parnell Hall (Putnam), and Dark Carousel by Christine Feehan (Berkley).

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