Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead discusses his recent book Zone One.

Zone One is Whitehead's wry take on the post-apocalyptic horror novel. A pandemic has devastated the planet and the plague has sorted humanity into two types: the uninfected and the infected, the living and the living dead. Both spine chilling and playfully cerebral, Zone One brilliantly subverts the genre’s conventions and deconstructs the zombie myth for the twenty-first century.

Books by Colson Whitehead are available for purchase at this event and he will sign books immediately following his presentation. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. Registration is not required.

Location: Street: Harold Washington Library Additional: 400 S. State Street City: Chicago, Province: Illinois Postal Code: 60605 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead is the author of The Intuitionist (1999), his accomplished debut novel that received widespread and enthusiastic critical praise for its quirky and imaginative writing and complex allegories of race. The Intuitionist won the Quality Paperback Book Club's New Voices Award and was a finalist for the Ernest Hemingway/PEN Award for First Fiction. His most recent work is Sag Harbor: A Novel (2009). His other books include Apex Hides the Hurt: A Novel (2006); The Colossus of New York: A City in 13 Parts (2003); and John Henry Day (2001), which was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist, a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist and a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice book. Whitehead is also the winner of a 2000 Whiting Writer's Award and a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award in 2002. His journalism has appeared in Newsday, Spin, The Vibe, and The Village Voice. (libri_amor)… (more)

Colson Whitehead discusses Sag Harbor.

Kick back to 1985 and feel the breeze, with Colson Whitehead (The Colossus of New York) and his PEN/Faulkner nominated “autographical fourth novel” full of 80’s pop-culture and stories aplenty. In conversation with Samantha Hunt author of “The Invention of Everything Else.” "Word for Word Author" is an outdoor reading series that features bestselling authors, celebrity writers, and expert-panelists sharing anecdotes, answering questions from the audience, and signing copies of their latest books. The event is FREE and open to the public. For updates and additional information, please visit the website at www.bryantpark.org. The Bryant Park Reading Room located on the 42nd Street side of the park - under the trees - between the back of the NYPL & 6th Avenue. Look for the burgundy and white umbrellas. Rain Venue: Library of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen 20 West 44th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenue). (wforw2000)… (more)

Colson Whitehead reads from Sag Harbor.

Colson Whitehead is one of hottest new authors to arrive on the literary scene. His latest novel, Sag Harbor, is a tale of summer boyhood as an African-American teen that harkens back to the summer of 1985 in the Long Island, N.Y., Sag Harbor enclave. Whitehead, who grew up in Manhattan, is a Harvard alumnus who went on to write television, book and music reviews for Village Voice. His first novel, The Intuitionist, was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award and a winner of the Quality Paperback Book Club's New Voices Award. His second novel, John Henry Days, received the Young Lions Fiction Award and Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Fiction Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Whitehead's reviews, essays, and fiction have appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Harper's and Granta. The lecture is free and open to the public. A book signing follows the lecture. Book sales are available by personal check or cash sales only. For more information, e-mail Georgia Lee or call 404.253.3206. (kidzdoc)… (more)

Colson Whitehead , Sag Harbor.

Bookshop Santa Cruz is honored to welcome author Colson Whitehead, finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. They say that good writing immerses us into the Who, What, Where, and Why without our being totally aware. Where a story takes seed in the voice of a character and suddenly their world is also somehow our own. Colson Whitehead, manages such immersion within the first few pages of his new novel, Sag Harbor. Suddenly we are no longer ourselves but quickly are living the confusing and entirely desperate, in that preteen, what to make of this world, life of Benji. The year is 1985, and Benji, son of a lawyer and docter, is one of the only African-Americans at an elite prep-school in Manhattan. Through his eyes, we reinvent ourselves again and again, at Jewish bar-mitzvahs to roller-disco’s first dances, trying to find a social group that accepts us. Life is funny but also heart-breakingly poignant, in this coming-of-age novel that explores racial and class identity, and the quest for self-realization. In a telescopic view written by a writer that lets us see from the inside out, we glimpse a universes that we ordinarily might not see. Please join us for a reading, discussion, signing and audience Q&A with one of the most talented of contemporary authors. (booksense)… (more)

Colson Whitehead , Sag Harbor.

Left Bank Books and the Young Literati of the St. Louis Public Library present Colson Whitehead. After graduating from Harvard College, Whitehead began his writing career at the Village Voice with reviews of television, books and music. His books, The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, The Colossus of New York, and Apex Hides the Hurt have achieved popular success and critical acclaim. In his new book Sag Harbor, a deeply affectionate and fiercely funny coming of age novel, Whitehad--using the perpetual mortification of teenage existence and the desperate quest for reinvention--beautifully explores racial and class identity, illustrating the complex rhythms of the adult world. (booksense)… (more)

Colson Whitehead , Sag Harbor.

"Pure shimmering brilliance. Colson Whitehead's affecting new novel joyously lights up a place, a time, a family, and one unforgettable young man. It is also one of the funniest books I've ever read, a book loaded with the kind of humor that can only soar off a heartbreaking sadness."Gary Shteyngart author of Absurdistan "No novelist writing today is more engaging and entertaining when it comes to questions of race, class, and commercial culture than Colson Whitehead."USA Today Colson Whitehead was born in New York City. His first novel, The Intuitionist, won the QPB New Voices Award and was an Ernest Hemingway/PEN Award finalist. His second novel, John Henry Days, was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist, a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist and a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. He is also the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award. Whitehead lives in Brooklyn, New York. (booksense)… (more)

COLSON WHITEHEAD discusses Sag Harbor: A Novel.; COLSON WHITEHEAD discusses How to Write and the Art of Writing: Writers Write About Writing.

(NOTE: Tickets $5.00 EA / FREE for Educators & Students) DESCRIPTION: An exclusive treat for readers and writers alike: the brilliant author of such fictional dazzlers as The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, and Apex Hides the Hurt will read from two current works-in-progress—a parodic how-to anthology entitled How to Write and the Art of Writing: Writers Write About Writing and his upcoming (2009) novel, “a love story set on the cusp of the Russian Revolution.” (bookjones)… (more)