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Excited that you can read an excerpt from “Harlem Shuffle.” The novel covers three capers that take place in 1959, 1961 & 1964. This is the start of the ‘59 one…this interview has more info: https://t.co/wauix1c2oK https://t.co/WTmYPKbK6f

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RT @Danenbarger: Why now is a great time to read Colson Whitehead’s Zone One. #NeedToRead https://t.co/zFVENmznYU

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RT @VanityFair: Before tackling Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad, director Barry Jenkins honed his craft over many years. "With…

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Wow, I did some research for the book there, winter of ‘97. Had to find a “Book of Saints” thing so I could find the language for The Patron Saint of Elevator Inspector bit… https://twitter.com/BKLYNlibrary/status/1487789950498385921

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Next Tuesday 12/14: hanging with @zzpacker at Symphony Space, it's very exciting. The reading will be performed by Calvin Leon Smith aka Jasper in @TheUGRailroadTV ! https://www.symphonyspace.org/events/thalia-book-club-colson-whitehead-harlem-shuffle

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I was 19 when I underwent my big Pynchon summer and dived into Gravity’s Rainbow. Systems, rebel forces, counter-histories, a little bit of hope – that you could cram so much of the world from page to page was exhilarating to discover.

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In seventh grade English class we read the first chapter of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man and I thought: here’s a Black weirdo who writes; maybe there’s room for a Black weirdo like me. I was 12.

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I rarely reread books. Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is such a bounty I can’t resist, though. I read a couple of chapters a year: spreading it out!