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Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead’s Harrowing Racism Drama Hits Big Screen
STYLE OVER SUBSTANCEThe author’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel gets an abstract, overly stylish film adaptation, a disappointing opening to this year’s New York Film Festival.
Colson Whitehead Pulls Out as UMass Commencement Speaker
CANCELEDThe two-time Pulitzer Prize winner said he’d made the decision after police were called in by university leadership to clear a student encampment.
The National Book Award Has Gone to Hell
NO THRILLOnce a literary prize more prestigious than the Pulitzer, the National Book Award has lost its way by trying to please too many people. The result is mediocrity.
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NYT Gets New Book Editor
PersonnelSam Tanenhaus is out, Pamela Paul is in. Meet the next editor of the nation’s last free-standing book review.
Horror Goes Highbrow
With Colson Whitehead writing a zombie novel and “Granta” releasing a horror issue, monsters and scares aren’t just the domain of mass market anymore.
Literary Summer Escapes
Want to vacation like a writer? Then curl up with a book on the beaches of the Hamptons or Martha’s Vineyard.
Underground Novel of the Year
Serious buzz is building around John Wray’s Lowboy, with comparisons to Salinger and Dostoyevsky. Is this dark and eccentric novel this spring’s sleeper hit?
The Great Summer Read Is Here
The acclaimed novelist and MacArthur Fellowship winner Colson Whitehead talks about his new book, Sag Harbor—and offers an intimate tour of the elite Hamptons community where it’s set.
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