Eavesdropping / Walter Mosley -- Colson Whitehead / Suzan Sherman -- Writing home / Evette Porter -- Educating the imagination: Colson Whitehead / Matthew Sharpe -- Post office to unveil Colson Whitehead stamp / 'Dave' -- New eclecticism: an interview with Colson Whitehead / Linda Selzer -- Marie Mockett interviews Colson Whitehead / Marie Mockett -- Who we are now: a conversation with Colson Whitehead / Jeremiah Chamberlin -- Colson Whitehead interview / Corban Goble -- An interview with Colson Whitehead / Rob Spillman -- An interview with Colson Whitehead / Robbie Baden -- Colson Whitehead on his new zombie novel, zone one, destroying New York, and apocalyptic capitalism / Alyssa Rosenberg -- Colson Whitehead on sandwiches, bunker songs, and the zombie apocalypse -- Melissa Locker -- The rumpus interview with Colson Whitehead / Nancy Smith -- Colson Whitehead: each book an antidote / Nikesh Shukla -- The confession book: Colson Whitehead / Noah Charney -- Colson Whitehead: Oprah, American history, and the power of a female protagonist / Stephenie Harrison -- In conversation with Colson Whitehead / Boris Kachka / 2016 -- Colson Whitehead's subterranean journey / Hilary Leichter -- A literary chameleon / Jesse McCarthy -- 'If you don't have hope, then why go on?': an interview with Colson Whitehead / Vicky Mochama -- #ScribdChat with Colson Whitehead / Michael Cohen -- The Carnegie interview: Colson Whitehead / Donna Seaman.
Summary:
"Since the publication of his first novel, The Intuitionist in 1999, Colson Whitehead (b. 1969) has been considered an important new voice in American literature. His seven subsequent books have done little to contradict that initial assessment, especially after 2016's The Underground Railroad spent numerous weeks at the top of bestseller lists and won numerous major literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. Ranging from 2001 to 2016, the twenty-three interviews collected in Conversations with Colson Whitehead reveal the workings of one of America's most idiosyncratic and most successful literary minds. Through these interviews, it is clear that none of this well-earned praise has gone to his head. If anything, he still seems inclined to present himself as an awkward misfit who writes about such offbeat subject matter as rival groups of elevator inspectors, the insufficiency of off-brand "flesh-colored" bandages, or a literalized alternate version of the Underground Railroad. Whitehead speaks at length about matters related to his craft, including his varied literary and nonliterary influences, the particular methods of researching and writing that have proved valuable to telling his stories, and the ways in which he has managed the rollercoaster life of a professional writer. He also opens up about popular culture, particularly the unconventional blend of music, genre-fiction, B movies, and comic books that he gleefully identifies as a passion that has persisted for him since his childhood." -- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.