An Evening with Colson Whitehead
March 5, 2019 7:00pm – 9:00pm
The Robert A. and Elizabeth R. Jeffe Distinguished Lecture in Urban History | Spring 2019
“Talking about New York is a way of talking about the world,” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead writes in The Colossus of New York (2004). One of today’s most unpredictable writers, Whitehead’s work crisscrosses genres from his debut novel, The Intuitionist (1999), a noir detective story, to zombie thriller Zone One (2011) and, most recently, The Underground Railroad (2016). Still, he returns again and again to New York, his native city, as an anchor to grapple with universal questions and timeless themes. As part of our annual Jeffe Distinguished Lectures in Urban History, Whitehead discusses his deep engagement with the history of New York City in his novels and non-fiction.
Reception and book signing to follow.
This program is part of our annual Robert A. and Elizabeth R. Jeffe Distinguished Lectures in Urban History series, in which leading observers apply insights from disciplines including history, archaeology, sociology, and architecture to examine the evolution of New York City’s five boroughs.
About the Speaker:
Colson Whitehead is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Underground Railroad, which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, the National Book Award, and was named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review. His other notable works include The Noble Hustle, Zone One, Sag Harbor, The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, Apex Hides the Hurt, and The Colossus of New York. He is also a recipient of the MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships. Whitehead’s reviews, essays, and fiction have appeared in a number of publications, including The New Yorker and Harper’s.
Price: $35 Adults | $30 Students, Seniors, and Educators (with ID) | $25 Museum Members
Includes Museum admission.
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Location
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue btwn 103rd and 104th Streets
New York NY 10029 US