Lit-urday: The Noble Hustle

Colson Whitehead's latest is an underachiever

"...Perhaps you're in the mood for the latest by Colson Whitehead, who returns to the Texas Book Festival this..."

Sept. 13, 2014 Books Post by Amy Kamp

Unschlocking the Undead

Colson Whitehead's Zone One

"...That grim scene in the first section of Colson Whitehead's Zone One (which, I confess, made me laugh..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Books Feature by Audra Schroeder

Texas Book Festival 2021: First Authors Announced

Colson Whitehead, Elizabeth McCracken, Amor Towles lead the list

"...first authors for 2021, a stellar group that includes Colson Whitehead, Elizabeth McCracken, Amor Towles, Sandra Cisneros, and Gabriela..."

July 21, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Nickel Boys

Experimental adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s 2019 Pulitzer winner

"...Morning, This Evening, chose to film his adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s 2019 novel The Nickel Boys in this way...."

Jan. 10, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Intuitionist

"...The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead..."

March 24, 2000 Books Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Texas Book Festival

First look at the TBF lineup

"...(The Stranger's Child); and 2009 Texas Book Festival alum Colson Whitehead, who'll be promoting his new postapocalyptic zombie novel,..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Texas Book Festival Announces Lineup

Heavy-hitter attendees include Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Jonathan Lethem

"...Safran Foer, Jonathan Lethem, Antonya Nelson, Richard Russo, and Colson Whitehead, to name a half-dozen. Oh, hell, here's a..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Bedside Manner: Vampire vs. Zombie

That is the eternal question, is it not?

"...But before that journey could begin, Colson Whitehead’s new book, Zone One, arrived at work not..."

Nov. 14, 2011 Books Post by Jay Trachtenberg

Five Things to Do at the Texas Book Festival

Online and in-person picks, from Pinocchio to plagues to portals to Hell

"...– right here ... Harlem Shuffle: Pulitzer Prize Winner Colson Whitehead in Conversation..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Witness This Weekend's Recommended Arts and Culture Events

Sarah Silverman, 80s Night, sustainable sculpting, and more

"...For his adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s award-winning novel, Nickel Boys, director RaMell Ross was..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Summer Reading

Words gone wild! The best and the breeziest for beating the heat in 2002

"...Colson Whitehead's John Henry Days (Anchor, $14), is the kind..."

May 31, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Austin Chronicle’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Critics’ lists and more thoughts on the year in film

"...form, devastating in its impact, RaMell Ross’ adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel stares America’s racist past..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Texas Book Festival Unveils Its List of Participating Authors

In-person and virtual panels and discussions abound

"...Von Bergen S. Kirk Walsh Steven Weinberg Marit Weisenberg Colson Whitehead Kimberly Willis Holt Tracy Wolff Catherine Wolff Cecily..."

Sept. 22, 2021 Arts Post by Adrienne Hunter

Texas Book Festival Scales Back In-Person Programming

COVID puts the kibosh on State Capitol as a venue

"...author lineup on Sept. 22. Previously announced speakers include Colson Whitehead, Amor Towles, Sandra Cisneros, and Elizabeth McCracken...."

Sept. 13, 2021 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

We Have an Issue: And Now for Some Good News

In this week's issue, an optimistic story about Camp Esperanza and a heartfelt sendoff to retiring Music Editor Raoul Hernandez

"...participating in its weeklong hybrid festival in October, including Colson Whitehead (The Underground Railroad), Sandra Cisneros (The House on..."

July 23, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

The Past Is not the Past

"...Jenkins (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk), based on Colson Whitehead’s book. The only fictional part being that the..."

May 30, 2021 Postmarks

Barry Jenkins and Nicholas Britell Were in a Quar-Pod Together

Filmmaker & composer pals talk creative collaboration at SXSW Online

"...For their newest project, Jenkins’ miniseries adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Underground Railroad (debuting on..."

March 16, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Willie Nelson to Deliver SXSW Online Conference Keynote

Shotgun Willie brings a few hundred friends to the virtual stage

"...Amazon Original limited series, The Underground Railroad, based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name...."

Jan. 13, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Recommended Arts Events In Austin This Weekend

In glorious addition to Fusebox and Moontower, of course

"...2) We’re looking forward to the appearance by author Colson Whitehead tonight – Friday, at the Blanton – not..."

April 20, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Werewolf

Brian McGreevy wants to ruin your workday

"...New York Times alike – a Times review of Colson Whitehead's literary, zombie-apocalypse-plotted Zone One invoked so much bile..."

April 6, 2012 Books Feature by Sarah Smith

Bedside Manner: The October Country

By the pricking of our thumbs, some books wicked this way come

"...Speaking of zombies, I haven't cracked Colson Whitehead's New York-based flesh eater apocalypse tome Zone One..."

Oct. 31, 2011 Books Post by Marc Savlov

Texas Book Festival Announces Lineup

Atwood. Russo. Whitehead. Lethem. Nelson. Safran Foer. Do we have your attention yet?

"...Safran Foer, Jonathan Lethem, Antonya Nelson, Richard Russo, and Colson Whitehead...."

Sept. 3, 2009 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

The Fortress of Solitude

Why are we reviewing Jonathan Lethem's The Fortress of Solitude when everyone else is? Because it's the finest novel of the past five years.

"...up with Donna and D.F.W. and later Franzen or Colson Whitehead, perhaps, but they promised something very, very big...."

Oct. 3, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...by Amit Chaudhuri 4. The Intuitionist: A Novel by Colson Whitehead 5. More Matter: Essays and Criticism by John..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...Angels Flight by Michael Connelly 3. The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead 4. Borderlands by James Carlos Blake 5. Bad..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature