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The Nickel Boys – Colson Whitehead (audio narrators Colson Whitehead and JD Dean)

Years ago, I saw a documentary on Florida's Dozier School for Boys and it led me to the official reports on the abuses the school piled on its inmates, White and Black, during its many years as a "reform school."  Colson Whitehead won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2020 for the novel The Nickel … Continue reading The Nickel Boys – Colson Whitehead (audio narrators Colson Whitehead and JD Dean) →

Harlem Shuffle and Crook Manifesto – Colson Whitehead – Audio Version

Harlem Shuffle is a three-part book about a furniture store owner at 125th Street and Morningside in New York City in 1959, 1961, 1964. Harlem itself is a character in this novel, its hierarchy, its ordinary families, its upper crust and those trying to change their lives or to preserve the status quo. I sat … Continue reading Harlem Shuffle and Crook Manifesto – Colson Whitehead – Audio Version →