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Colson Whitehead Exhumes The Past In 'The Nickel Boys'

Colson Whitehead Exhumes The Past In 'The Nickel Boys'

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Colson Whitehead Exhumes The Past In 'The Nickel Boys'

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Jul 31, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

"I didn't talk about it for 50-some years," said Charlie Fudge, a former inmate at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys. "We were threatened to never tell anyone about what happened there."We talked with Fudge, reporter Ben Montgomery and author Colson Whitehead about the Dozier School, the real-life basis for Whitehead's latest novel, The Nickel Boys.Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Find us on Twitter @1A.
Released:
Jul 31, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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