Writers Series: Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead, the 2009 Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at the University of Richmond, is the author of five award-winning novels, including "The Intuitionist," "Apex Hides the Hurt," and most recently "Sag Harbor."

His novel, "John Henry Days," won the New York Public Library Young Lion's Award and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Prize, and was a finalist for the National Book Critic's Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

Formerly a pop culture critic for The Village Voice, Whitehead's journalism has appeared in Newsday, Spin, Vibe, The New York Times, Harper's, and Salon. In 2002, he was awarded a MacArthur genius grant. He is currently teaching two creative writing classes at the University of Richmond.

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