In his bestselling 2021 crime novel "Harlem Shuffle," Colson Whitehead introduced the complicated character of Ray Carney, a Black furniture store owner and small-time fence clawing his way into the ...

Colson Whitehead's last two books won Pulitzer Prizes. "The Underground Railroad" was about slavery and escape. "The Nickel Boys" was about a reform school in Florida where boys were brutalized. So it ...

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Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. A selection of photos from The New York Times of Harlem in the 1970s. By Erica Ackerberg “Crook Manifesto,” set in the 1970s, finds ...

This cover image released by Doubleday shows "Crook Manifesto" by Colson Whitehead. (Doubleday via AP) “Crook Manifesto” by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday) In his bestselling 2021 crime novel “Harlem ...

In his bestselling 2021 crime novel “Harlem Shuffle,” Colson Whitehead introduced the complicated character of Ray Carney, a Black furniture store owner and small-time fence clawing his way into the ...

This cover image released by Doubleday shows "Crook Manifesto" by Colson Whitehead. (Doubleday via AP) “Crook Manifesto” by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday) In his bestselling 2021 crime novel “Harlem ...