When we meet Ray Carney, the protagonist of “Harlem Shuffle,” Colson Whitehead’s 10th book and eighth novel, he’s in lower Manhattan, “halfway down Cortlandt, off Greenwich” visiting his radio ...

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For some African-American writers, New York’s uptown neighborhood of Harlem represents both a crucible and a showcase. Writing about Harlem has been known to launch literary careers, for those good ...

In the embodiment of hustle, Colson Whitehead brilliantly weaves crime fiction, family drama and political history in one rollicking and heartrending novel with Harlem Shuffle. Also Read:‘The Snowy ...

HARLEM SHUFFLE. By Colson Whitehead. Doubleday. 336 pages. $28.95. Colson Whitehead begins “The Harlem Shuffle,” his new novel, in the legendary space of has-been and might-be. Only a few years before ...

There will likely never be an adjective “Whiteheadian” — like Wordsworthian, Joycean or Dickensian — because Colson Whitehead, National Book Award recipient and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize ...

In search of something good to read? USA TODAY's Barbara VanDenburgh scopes out the shelves for this week’s hottest new book releases. All books are on sale Sept. 14. 1. “Harlem Shuffle,” by Colson ...

Colson Whitehead has had an unrivaled recent run as an author. His 2016 novel, “The Underground Railroad,” won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, and 2019’s “The Nickel Boys” won a Pulitzer ...

Colson Whitehead was awarded Pulitzer Prizes for his last two novels, The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead does extensive background research ...

At the end of Colson Whitehead’s 2021 novel, “Harlem Shuffle,” it’s 1964 and the protagonist, Ray Carney, a “slightly bent” Harlem furniture store owner with a side-hustle fencing stolen jewelry and ...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist talks about Harlem, hooligans, race and class in the '60s. His novel Harlem Shuffle, now out in paperback, is about a furniture store owner in Harlem who's sideline ...

Earl Lee Nelson, half of the soul-music singing duo Bob & Earl, who were best known for writing the R&B; classic “Harlem Shuffle,” has died. He was 79. Nelson, who had Alzheimer’s disease, died July ...