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Nickel Boys review – Colson Whitehead novel becomes intensely moving story of a racist reform school

Adaptation of Whitehead’s novel about two young friends trapped by institutional abuse is told with piercing beauty by RaMell Ross

The Guardian - UK

Colson Whitehead, the Great American author

Colson Whitehead is one of the rare authors to win the Pulitzer Prize twice. The first time was for his novel "The Underground Railroad" in 2017, loved by Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey and made into a TV series by Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins. It led to him being on…

France 24

Nickel Boys: release date, trailer, cast, plot and everything we know about the book adaptation

Nickel Boys is based on Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Here's everything you need to know about the anticipated adaptation.

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Adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s ‘Nickel Boys’ to open New York Film Festival this fall

“Nickel Boys,” an adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, will open the 62nd New York Film Festival in September, organizers said Monday

The Independent UK

Colson Whitehead's 'Crook Manifesto' wins $50,000 Gotham Prize for outstanding book about NYC

Colson Whitehead’s “Crook Manifesto” is this year’s winner of the Gotham Book Prize for an outstanding work about New York City

The Independent UK

Author Colson Whitehead Cancels Umass Speech Over Protest Arrests

Author Colson Whitehead cancels UMass Amherst speech due to anti-Israel protest arrests, expressing disappointment.

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The ultimate summer reading list: 15 crime thrillers and mysteries to keep you guessing

From Mick Herron’s Slow Horses and Ian Rankin’s Rebus to new books from Bret Easton Ellis and Emma Cline, your beach reads are sorted courtesy of Guardian Australia’s staff and critics

The Guardian - AU

Crook Manifesto is strike two for Colson Whitehead’s 'strangely inert' Harlem crime saga

Midway through Colson Whitehead’s new novel Crook Manifesto, a filmmaker muses on how “reviewers like to trap you in their idea of you”, just as old friends and family only see “who you used to be”. The critical reception the book has received so far bears this out. Expecting yet…

The Conversation

Inspirational Quotes: Michael J. Fox, Billy Eppler And Others

Read inspirational quotes about being mindful of the moment, pushing your limits and being thankful for what you have.

Investors Business Daily

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Trackers by Charles Frazier and Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead.

The Independent UK

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead audiobook review – New York’s criminal underworld

Actor Dion Graham narrates this noirish tale of a wise-cracking furniture salesman who struggles to stay on the straight and narrow

The Guardian - UK

Review: Crooked hero in 'Crook Manifesto' learns that getting Jackson 5 tickets is not as easy as A-B-C

FICTION: The second novel in Colson Whitehead's Harlem Trilogy is a masterwork of stylish noir and social satire.

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'Crook Manifesto' takes Colson Whitehead's heist hero in search of Jackson 5 tickets

The playful second book in the author's Harlem Trilogy shows Ray Carney scheming how to get his teenage daughter into the concert of her dreams. Alarming capers ensue.

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The Independent UK

Book Review: Colson Whitehead pens entertaining, uneven sequel to 2021 bestseller 'Harlem Shuffle'

Colson Whitehead is back with a sequel to his 2021 bestseller “Harlem Shuffle.”

The Guardian - UK

Colson Whitehead: ‘A city summons you into its weird drama’

The double Pulitzer prize-winning author on writing a sequel to Harlem Shuffle, the influence of Stephen King’s Carrie, and why he no longer makes fried chicken

The Guardian - UK

Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead review – a dazzling sequel to Harlem Shuffle

From bent cops to blaxploitation, this tale of corruption in 70s New York combines the energy of a crime thriller and the sharp wit of social satire

The Independent UK

For novelists of Westerns, Cormac McCarthy transcended — and reinvented — the genre

In his obituaries, Cormac McCarthy has been widely praised as a descendant of William Faulkner and Herman Melville among others, those excavators of the American spirit whose biblically influenced prose raised narratives to tragic and poetic heights

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Springsteen, Kaling, Louis-Dreyfus Among 22 Honored by Biden

President Joe Biden welcomed a high-wattage collection of singers, authors, artists and humanitarians to the White House on Tuesday to present them with medals — and then stole the show himself with a quip about seeking reelection. Bruce Springsteen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mindy Kaling and Gladys Knight were among the 22…

The Independent UK

‘Born to run’: Biden quips about 2024 as he gives medals to Bruce Springsteen and Julia-Louis Dreyfus

‘I’m kinda looking for back-to-back myself,’ says president, joking about 2024

Tribune News Service

Biden teases 2024 run at awards ceremony for artists

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden teased his expected reelection run while honoring celebrities at the White House on Tuesday, with pointed quips to singer Bruce Springsteen and author Colson Whitehead.

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Springsteen, Louis-Dreyfus among 22 honoured by Biden

Bruce Springsteen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Gladys Knight have received medals as the White House honoured a hots of singers, authors, artists and humanitarians.

The Independent UK

Mindy Kaling and Bruce Springsteen set to be honoured with humanities medals by Joe Biden

The medal represents the US’s highest award for advancing the arts

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden awarding 1st batch of arts and humanities medals; Chicagoan Fred Eychaner, Bruce Springsteen among honorees

The medals are Biden’s first batch of awards for the arts and humanities, which were delayed by the pandemic. Mindy Kaling, Gladys Knight, Amy Tan and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are also among the medal recipients.

The Independent UK

Biden awarding 1st batch of arts, humanities medals Tuesday

Singer Jose Feliciano, actress Mindy Kaling and fashion designer Vera Wang are among artists being honored by President Joe Biden with the National Medal of Arts

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