From the first page of Colson Whitehead’s extraordinary novel The ... In the year since I first read this book, it has been affirming to see how it’s been embraced, winning the Pulitzer ...

NEW YORK — Colson Whitehead’s brutal narrative of a boys’ reform school, “The Nickel Boys,” and Marlon James’ fantasy epic “Black Leopard, Red Wolf” are among the works chosen by judges for the ...

NEW YORK — Colson Whitehead’s novel “The Nickel Boys” and Kwame Alexander ... nonfiction and young readers’ books. Saeed Jones’ memoir “How We Fight for Our Lives” also was a nominee announced Tuesday ...