Colson Whitehead on "The Nickel Boys"

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  • Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
  • Author Colson Whitehead won a Pulitzer Prize for his bestselling 2016 novel "The Underground Railroad." He talks with Lee Cowan about his latest novel, "The Nickel Boys," a fictional tale of cruelty and trauma based on the notorious Alfred G. Dozer School for Boys outside Tallahassee, where the neglect and abuse of children was rampant for decades.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 48

  • @hnc52
    @hnc52 4 роки тому +34

    I finished Nickel Boys today. It is a book I will never forget. Thank you,Mr. Whitehead.

    • @AM-br4ix
      @AM-br4ix 8 місяців тому +1

      I started it today. If it wasn’t so late I would have read it!!!❤❤ incredible writer!!!

  • @edwconr
    @edwconr Рік тому +2

    Thanks so much for posting and featuring this writer, Mr. Colson Whitehead.

  • @kjunior9206
    @kjunior9206 5 років тому +27

    Let's pray those tortured souls receive some level of justice.

  • @garyolson2676
    @garyolson2676 2 роки тому +6

    I read "The Nickel Boys" last year and found it to be not only a powerful story but the writing was extraordinary. As of today, I am halfway through "Harlem Shuffle" which was a Christmas present from my wife. Since I grew up in the 50's and 60's the "vibe" is familiar (and right.) Throughout Mr. Whitehead's work, you can see how Black culture has been molded and shaped by the dominant white culture, while at the same time seeing how people are people, white or black, with the differences mainly a function of conditioning. At least that's one of the things I've taken from his work. Above all, he is a GREAT story teller!

  • @juanserrano-badrena5093
    @juanserrano-badrena5093 4 роки тому +14

    Genius Work. Hard to finish I was Crying So Hard.

  • @AM-br4ix
    @AM-br4ix 8 місяців тому +1

    The Nickel Boys should win numerous awards!!

  • @bigu236
    @bigu236 4 роки тому +8

    Just finished nickel boys...whitehead is a truly gifted storyteller

  • @DangerousKaos
    @DangerousKaos 3 роки тому +4

    He’s probably an ENFJ

  • @MarcusLeepapi
    @MarcusLeepapi 5 років тому +5

    Very very nice...Thank you...

  • @gargantuaism
    @gargantuaism 2 роки тому +2

    Interesting. Sounds like a movie my father produced in 1980 called "Brubaker", about a reform warden played by Robert Redford who tries to reform the most corrupt prison in America and discovers unmarked graves of dead prisoners buried on the farm lands surrounding the prison.

  • @gabrielegalli8844
    @gabrielegalli8844 4 роки тому +1

    L'ennesimo Capolavoro di Colson.
    Attraverso la devastante ignoranza del male per arrivare alla più concreta Poesia.
    Grandissimo.

  • @davanmani556
    @davanmani556 5 років тому +8

    I’m reminded of a quote from adult film star, Uschi Digard on why she learned so many languages: because she didn’t to lose their essence when she read works that are translated (paraphrasing).

    • @johnshaw8228
      @johnshaw8228 4 роки тому +1

      I suppose her royal genius read the ancient classics in original Greek? The white house boys AKA Nickel Boys struggle with a 1950s Weekly Reader. Many have the reading comprehension and speed of third graders. Lucky for us they are voters, right? Sure, now we are saved.

  • @KleWdSide
    @KleWdSide 5 років тому +8

    Pretty good book. Powerful. Very quick read though

  • @rachelbaker3511
    @rachelbaker3511 5 років тому +7

    Eight books, prizes, life.

  • @josefamorenopalma6278
    @josefamorenopalma6278 3 роки тому +1

    Estoy leyendo ahora mismo el libro, voy por la mitad, es una historia sobrecogedora, que te pone los pelos de punta por lo que tuvieron que pasar esos niños, no tenía conocimiento de esto, y gracias a colson whitehead, he sabido de ello, felicidades por el libro y que se haga justicia

  • @cecsav
    @cecsav 3 роки тому +2

    Captions please!

  • @terryjp3050
    @terryjp3050 5 років тому +3

    Black America's story back in the day.

  • @deljay1840
    @deljay1840 4 роки тому +3

    Anybody surprised Whitehead married a Yt aristocratic woman should read WEB DuBois' 'Souls of Black folk' where he covers 'double consciousness"

  • @jrippee05
    @jrippee05 5 років тому +2

    Interesting that they only focus on the black kids that were there, when it had white kids that went there too: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_School_for_Boys

  • @gerrynightingale9045
    @gerrynightingale9045 5 років тому +1

    *I remember when Clifford Irving got plenty of 'Hosannas & Praise' as well* ( *let me know when this guy writes in King's league...selling books by the MILLIONS* )

    • @Klm49
      @Klm49 Рік тому +1

      Well you let me know when you do anything worth more than scribbling about on the back of a bar bathroom stall door, and I will consider caring about your opinion on Colson Whitehead's work!!!! 😂

  • @nymike06
    @nymike06 3 роки тому +1

    What a racist comment at 3:16

  • @MsBamafanatic
    @MsBamafanatic 5 років тому +8

    It's funny how he talks about what his parents said about white people, and yet he married one.

    • @MsBamafanatic
      @MsBamafanatic 5 років тому +1

      @Carmela Szymanski Where is what stated?

    • @carolynbrown3379
      @carolynbrown3379 5 років тому

      MsBamafanatic
      Evidently, he doesn't stereotype.

    • @MsBamafanatic
      @MsBamafanatic 5 років тому +1

      @@carolynbrown3379 Sure he does.

    • @JloveLamar
      @JloveLamar 5 років тому +1

      Why is that funny? That was his parent's story. They could only pass down their truths to him. He had to go forward and make his own. To he quite honest, I was surprised to learn it was a woman he was married to.....

    • @intercat4907
      @intercat4907 4 роки тому

      Nine months later, your comment is still interesting and about something important. Maybe he grew past his parents' pain ... maybe a white person rose above her history. Either way, best to the whole family.

  • @teekay874
    @teekay874 5 років тому

    Likely the Alfred G. Dozer School was a Democrat operated facility