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HomeThe Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

  • The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

  •  Last updated: November 16, 2022

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-The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

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Colson Whitehead Biography

"Colson Whitehead was born in 1969, and was raised in Manhattan."

Colson Whitehead says he felt ‘very defeated’ after Nickel Boys, talks self-care

USA Today. "Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys earned him multiple prestigious accolades, but it didn't come without a price."

Colson Whitehead wins the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Nickel Boys

Vox. "Colson Whitehead just became the fourth writer ever to win two Pulitzers for fiction."

LitLovers Discussion Questions – The Nickel Boys

"Nickel Boys (Whitehead) - Discussion Questions"

NPR Review: The Nickel Boys

"For The 'Nickel Boys,' Life Isn't Worth 5 Cents"

Penguin Random House Discussion Questions – The Nickel Boys

"The Nickel Boys Reader’s Guide"

The Guardian Review: The Nickel Boys

"The Underground Railroad author’s powerful new novel evokes the dark realities of a Florida reform school in the 60s"

The New York Times Review: The Nickel Boys

"In 'The Nickel Boys,' Colson Whitehead Depicts a Real-Live House of Horrors"

The Outrage Was So Large and So Secret: Colson Whitehead Talks Hope, Despair, and Fighting the Power in The Nickel Boys

Vanity Fair. "The Pulitzer Prize–winning author's new novel, inspired by the atrocities committed at Florida's Dozier School for Boys, lays bare America’s history of state-sanctioned violence."

Vox Review: The Nickel Boys

"Whitehead’s follow-up to his Pulitzer-winning Underground Railroad exhumes the unmarked graves of a hellish Florida reform school."

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