| Colson Whitehead's multilayered second novel, John Henry Days (2001) juxtaposes the stories of two African-American men:John Henry, the 19th century railroad worker and folk hero, and J. Sutter, a modern-day hack journalsit assigned to cover a John Henry Day festival. The book received the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award and was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Whitehead's debut novel, The Illusionist (1998), received the QPB New Voices Award and wan an Ernest Hemingway/PEN Award finalist. He is also the recipient of a 2000 Whiting Writers' Award. | Thursday, October 10, 2002 12:30pm-2pm Library Auditorium Crandall Library |
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