About the show
Spend a memorable evening with Colson Whitehead, one of the most celebrated and versatile voices in contemporary American literature. A two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, Whitehead is also the recipient of the National Book Award, a MacArthur Fellowship and the National Humanities Medal. His acclaimed body of work spans historical fiction, speculative fiction, satire and crime, continually reinventing genre while exploring the complexities of American life with insight, imagination and wit.
Whitehead is also the author of Harlem Shuffle and Crook Manifesto, the first two novels in his acclaimed Harlem Trilogy, which concludes with his newest novel, Cool Machine. During this special evening, Whitehead will reflect on his remarkable career, the ideas and inspirations behind his work and the creative process that has produced some of the most acclaimed fiction of the past two decades.
Audience members are invited to submit questions for Colson Whitehead in advance through the Orange County Library System website at ocls.org/signatureauthor. Selected questions may be read and answered by Whitehead during the event.
Support for the Lillian Louise Pharr Author Series is provided by the Lillian Louise Pharr Endowment Fund and the Friends of the Orange County Library System.
Performance Notes
RUN TIME: 1 hour, 30 minutes
SUBMIT A QUESTION
Questions for the author must be submitted in advance through the Orange County Library System website at ocls.org/signatureauthor. Please note, there will not be an opportunity to ask questions from the audience during the event.
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