Author
Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead is the American novelist behind The Underground Railroad (Pulitzer Prize 2017), The Nickel Boys (Pulitzer Prize 2020), and Harlem Shuffle. His range across literary, historical, speculative, and crime fiction makes him one of the most stylistically restless American writers of his generation.
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Years active
2016-2019
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Our reviews of Colson Whitehead's work
The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 2016 review. Cora, a slave on a Georgia plantation, escapes north via an actual underground railroad, a literalized version of the metaphor. Pulitzer Prize 2017 and the National Book Award winner that defined the contemporary Black literary moment.
The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 2019 review. Two boys at the segregated Nickel Academy reform school in 1960s Florida, based on the real Dozier School. Pulitzer Prize 2020 and the canonical contemporary American novel on institutional violence against Black children.
The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 2016 review. Cora, an enslaved woman, escapes a Georgia plantation by riding an actual subterranean rail network. Pulitzer Prize 2017 and the National Book Award winner.
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The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 2016 review. Cora, an enslaved woman, escapes a Georgia plantation by riding an actual subterranean rail network. Pulitzer Prize 2017 and the National Book Award winner.
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 2016 review. Cora, a slave on a Georgia plantation, escapes north via an actual underground railroad, a literalized version of the metaphor. Pulitzer Prize 2017 and the National Book Award winner that defined the contemporary Black literary moment.
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 2019 review. Two boys at the segregated Nickel Academy reform school in 1960s Florida, based on the real Dozier School. Pulitzer Prize 2020 and the canonical contemporary American novel on institutional violence against Black children.