He has also published two . Clarke Awar was longlisted for the Booker Prize, and was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. After graduating from Harvard College, he started working at the Village Voice, where he wrote reviews of television, books, and music. His sophomore effort, “John Henry Days,” geeked out on the . This genre-bending tale of escape from slavery in the American south contains extraordinary prose and uncomfortable home truths.

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President Obama, fresh off a vacation, said . Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroa they decide to take a .

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In this telling, however, the “ underground railroad” is not a metaphor, but an actual subterranean train. Find event and ticket information. With a slave catcher . Aug Stories of the Underground Railroad provide the possibility of moral comfort in a profoundly uncomfortable past. Jan Free Drop-In Writing. Whitehead is the New York Times bestselling author of The . Jeffrey Brown sits down with the author at BookExpo America in Chicago to discuss the challenge of blending fantasy . His first novel demonstrated his skill as an engaging storyteller and a bold experimental writer whose social and philosophical themes speak to the heart of American society.

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