Colson Whitehead discusses historical novel 'The Underground Railroad'
Bill Radke sits down with author Colson Whitehead to talk about his new novel, "The Underground Railroad."
His book explores slavery in the American South and the role of the Underground Railroad in that story. But in a departure from the history we know about the Underground Railroad, in his book the railroad is an actual railroad.
"The Underground Railroad" was nominated for a National Book Award in Fiction. Whitehead will be in Seattle to discuss his book this Saturday at the downtown branch of Seattle Public Library.
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Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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