The Nickel Boys

Author Colson Whitehead talks about ‘Nickel Boys’

December 13, 2024 Current Events, History, Literature, Race/Identity, Think

With the movie adaptation of “Nickel Boys” in theaters, Colson Whitehead’s celebrated novel is reaching new audiences. Whitehead joins host Krys Boyd to talk about his story of two boys assigned to a 1960s juvenile reformatory, bound by the trauma around them as they swing between hope and cynicism.

Colson Whitehead Visits The Jim Crow South

July 1, 2020 History, Literature, Race/Identity

Colson Whitehead’s latest novel is based on a real juvenile detention reformatory in 1960s Florida. He joins us to talk about his story of two boys, bound by the trauma around them as they swing between hope and cynicism.