Colson Whitehead: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: CNN Watch - ‘A Valentine with a body count’: Colson Whitehead’s three-volume love letter to Harlem. Oct 24, 2026
Added Cool Machine, head levels, and links. Jul 21, 2026
Add new Web site: PBS - Great Conversations - Colson Whitehead and Isaac Fitzgerald. Jun 12, 2026
Add new Web site: CNN Watch - ‘A Valentine with a body count’: Colson Whitehead’s three-volume love letter to Harlem. Mar 13, 2026
Anniversary information added. Nov 02, 2025
Add new Web site: CBS News - Colson Whitehead: The only writer to win fiction Pulitzers for consecutive works speaks with 60 Minutes. Sep 27, 2025
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Colson Whitehead. Jul 03, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Colson Whitehead channels the paranoia and fear of 1970s NYC in 'Crook Manifesto'. May 22, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 12, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Colson Whitehead and The Nickel Boys. Feb 06, 2025
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Colson Whitehead: 'We invent all sorts of different reasons to hate people'. Nov 04, 2024
Add new Web site: BBC - Bookclub - Colson Whitehead - The Underground Railroad. Jul 25, 2024
First paragraph modernization. May 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Literary Arts - Get to Know Portland Arts & Lectures Author Colson Whitehead. Mar 08, 2024
Mentioned his 2023 novel Crook Manifesto and his receiving the Library of Congress Prize in American Fiction in 2020. Added additional biographical details. Jan 30, 2024
Add new Web site: The National Endowment for the Humanities - Colson Whitehead. Sep 08, 2023
Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - Colson Whitehead. Jul 11, 2023
Links added. Jan 26, 2023
Add new Web site: Official Site of Colson Whitehead. Jan 11, 2023
Media added. Nov 16, 2021
Added the book Harlem Shuffle. Sep 15, 2021
New article added. Jul 16, 2021
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