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Interview: Colson Whitehead shares why he was called to examine the horrific activities in one Florida reform school through the eyes of a young black boy in his follow-up to the award-winning Underground Railroad.
Featured Article: Great Listens from African American Authors
Contemporary Fiction. Mystery & Thriller. Sci-Fi. Fantasy. Horror. Talented Black authors stand out in all the major categories. To help inspire your search for some of the most essential Black voices writing fiction today, here are three outstanding African American authors in each of five categories, with 15 must-listens from today’s most acclaimed and top-selling African American authors. You can decide which audiobook you might want to check out first.
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The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
- A Novel
- By: Colson Whitehead
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Colson Whitehead
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
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When Elwood Curtis, a Black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, he finds himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of horrors. Elwood’s only salvation is his friendship with fellow "delinquent" Turner....
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Who spoke for the black boys?
- By Darwin8u on 02-06-20
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The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
- A Novel
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Colson Whitehead
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 07-16-19
- Language: English
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The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club)
- A Novel
- By: Colson Whitehead
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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From prize-winning, best-selling author Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom....
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Stupendous book, hard to follow in audio
- By JQR on 12-01-16
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The Underground Railroad (Oprah's Book Club)
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 08-02-16
- Language: English
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Zone One
- A Novel
- By: Colson Whitehead
- Narrated by: Beresford Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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In this wry take on the post-apocalyptic horror novel, a pandemic has devastated the planet. The plague has sorted humanity into two types....
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Tomorrow needs a marketing rollout.
- By Annie on 01-06-12
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Zone One
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Beresford Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 10-18-11
- Language: English
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The Intuitionist
- By: Colson Whitehead
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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Compared to Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Joseph Heller's ,i>Catch-22, Colson Whitehead has created a strangely skewed world of elevators and the people who control their ups and downs....
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Fires on all cylinders; GREAT ! ! !
- By Robert on 08-24-12
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The Intuitionist
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 10-27-08
- Language: English
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Sag Harbor
- A Novel
- By: Colson Whitehead
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
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In this coming-of-age novel, Whitehead, using the perpetual mortification of teenage existence and the desperate quest for reinvention, probes the elusive nature of identity....
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A Slice of Black Americana
- By Shoshana McKinney on 06-30-17
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Sag Harbor
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 04-28-09
- Language: English
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The Colossus of New York
- A City in Thirteen Parts
- By: Colson Whitehead
- Narrated by: Colson Whitehead
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
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New York Times best-selling author and New York native Colson Whitehead composes a breathtaking tribute to his hometown....
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Just not entertaining
- By Rebecca on 09-07-09
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The Colossus of New York
- A City in Thirteen Parts
- Narrated by: Colson Whitehead
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 06-10-04
- Language: English
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The Underground Railroad
- By: Colson Whitehead
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. All the slaves lead a hellish existence, but Cora has it worse than most....
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Good reader, poor story
- By Craig on 03-04-19
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The Underground Railroad
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 10-06-16
- Language: English
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Underground Railroad
- By: Colson Whitehead
- Narrated by: Aïssa Maïga
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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Cora, seize ans, est esclave sur une plantation de coton dans la Géorgie d'avant la guerre de Sécession. Abandonnée par sa mère lorsqu'elle était enfant...
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Underground Railroad
- Narrated by: Aïssa Maïga
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 12-01-17
- Language: French
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The Nickel Boys
- By: Colson Whitehead
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Colson Whitehead
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
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Elwood Curtis has taken the words of Dr Martin Luther King to heart: he is as good as anyone....
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The Nickel Boys
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Colson Whitehead
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 07-16-19
- Language: English
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The Noble Hustle
- Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death
- By: Colson Whitehead
- Narrated by: Colson Whitehead
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
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In 2011 Grantland magazine sent award-winning novelist Colson Whitehead to brave the harrowing, seven-day gauntlet of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas....
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Not Beowulf
- By Shep on 05-04-15
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The Noble Hustle
- Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death
- Narrated by: Colson Whitehead
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 05-06-14
- Language: English
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