![]() ![]() ![]() Over a twenty-year writing career, Whitehead has produced a SFF racial allegory ( The Intuitionist), a post-apocalyptic zombie story ( Zone One), an autobiographical coming-of-age comedy ( Sag Harbor), an exploration of 90s manhood though folkloric biography ( John Henry Days), a small town satire of marketing culture ( Apex Hides the Hurt), a darkly imaginative epic of slavery ( The Underground Railroad), and a harrowing work of realist fiction ( The Nickel Boys)-not to mention a history of Gotham ( The Colossus of New York) and a memoir about poker playing ( The Noble Hustle). Though many of his works feature some element of the outlandish or fantastical, no two are alike. ![]() Aside from his scintillating prose, deadpan wit, and fearless approach to dealing with some of the darkest corners of American history, Colson Whitehead’s literary career has been marked by an audacious versatility. ![]()
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