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Two-time Pulitzer winner Colson Whitehead will discuss the latest installment of his Harlem saga, "Crook Manifesto," a hilarious novel of NY in the '70s, with book critic Kate Tuttle.
This event takes place at The First Congregational Church of Montclair, 40 S. Fullerton Avenue. Doors open at 3:15 p.m. Masks are recommended but not required.
Tickets to hear Colson Whitehead in person cost $35 and include one copy of the book "Crook Manifesto." Books will be available to be picked up from Library and Festival partner Watchung Booksellers after the book's publication on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 but will not be signed. Signed books will also be available for collection at the event. Colson Whitehead will NOT be signing books after the event.
Open Book / Open Mind is sponsored by the Montclair Public Library Foundation, Watchung Booksellers, The New Jersey Council for the Humanities, Josh Weston, Rosemary Iverson and an anonymous donor. We are also grateful for the generous support of our in-kind sponsors, First Congregational Church of Montclair, The George, and Amanti Vino. To support Open Book / Open Mind and other library programs, click here to donate. To stay informed, sign up for one or all of our eNewsletters, click here. This event is co-sponsored by Succeed2gether's Montclair Literary Festival.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Colson Whitehead is the author of seven other novels, including "The Underground Railroad" and "The Nickel Boys," both of which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His most recent novel, "Harlem Shuffle," was a longtime New York Times bestseller. Whitehead received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2002, and in 2019 he was named “America’s Storyteller” by Time magazine. He is a graduate of Harvard University and has taught at Princeton and New York universities. He lives in New York City.
ABOUT THE BOOK
"Dazzling....mordantly funny...[Whitehead] uses the crime novel as a lens to investigate the mechanics of a singular neighborhood at a particular tipping point in time."—Walter Mosley, The New York Times Book Review
ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER
Kate Tuttle is an executive editor at People magazine, covering books. A past president of the National Book Critics Circle, she formerly edited the books pages at the Boston Globe. Her reviews and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and elsewhere. Tuttle serves as the co-chair of Open Book / Open Mind’s advisory committee.
