![]() He deflects all questions about whether his work is autobiographical, or whether he represents a new, post-black era in American culture. But another reason why he kicks ass is because he lets his fiction speak for itself. The man is a precise and affecting writer. ![]() ![]() We promise to stop talking about Colson Whitehead for a while, right after we say this. Guess you had to be there. We laughed pretty hard. Which, of course, is a reference to Touré’s oddly political review of Sag Harboron the cover of last week’s The New York Times Book Review. But most of all, it’s going to be a post-black time.” ![]() It’s going to be a fun time, it’s going to be an entertaining time. But we’ll tell you we were STOKED to see him read at Book Court last night.Īs he introduced himself he said something to the effect of, “I’m going to read from my new book, Sag Harbor. We don’t need to tell you that Colson Whitehead’s Sag Harbor is an awesome book, since you can hear it from practically every book reviewer in America. ![]()
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