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August 1, 2023
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Colson Whitehead’s Ode to 1970s New York
In “Crook Manifesto,” everything is a racket—even history.
September 17, 2019
How Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Novel Reckons With the Past
“The Water Dancer” comes out of a powerful examination of the legacies of slavery today.
July 30, 2019
Colson Whitehead, American Escape Artist
"The Nickel Boys" frees voices imprisoned in a forgotten past.
October 12, 2018
The Office at the End of the World
Ling Ma’s novel ‘Severance’ likens life under capitalism to a zombie apocalypse.
April 10, 2017
Prizes awarded.
March 14, 2017
Magazine
They Could Be Heroes
Today's biggest novelists are throwbacks to a simpler time.
December 5, 2016
The Year That Culture Disappeared
Donald Trump drowned out nearly every cultural event in 2016. And it’s only going to get worse.
November 17, 2016
The National Book Awards are woke.
November 17, 2016
Colson Whitehead and Congressman John Lewis lead the National Book Award winners.
October 13, 2016
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Bob Dylan Won the Nobel Prize in Literature?! A Conversation.
October 12, 2016
Is it Don DeLillo’s Year to Win the Nobel Prize?
There might not be a better time to recognize the accomplishments of the master chronicler of American dread.
October 6, 2016
Colson Whitehead, John Lewis, and Rita Dove lead the National Book Awards finalists.
September 15, 2016
Colson Whitehead leads the National Book Award’s fiction longlist.
August 2, 2016
Ripping the Veil
Slave narratives have always been popular—and predictable. Can a new generation rewrite the rules?
August 2, 2016
Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad is going to be huge.
June 16, 2010
The READ: The Chosen Ones
July 1, 2002
The Moody Blues

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