Your books are praised by oprah, president obama and you win the poets with the National Book award, what is the appropriate response . Before we take the pain away, this book is taken off and away unexpected and startling and wonderful and i thank my lucky stars and they sleep a little better and that her mood generally and try to enjoy despite my best efforts. What is up doing a better mood. I been writing for 20 something years doing fiction for 20 something years temperature write a book and people to get and no one typically cares and it disappears so i had the pride and think it i did a good job from the book and the bonus of other people reading it as well. Host your first book was about elevator repairs, people, how do you sell a book like that. Guest exactly. With that book i wrote a description and i said to my agent you dig in the concept of elevators inspectors or you dont. Youre either along for the ride in the description or not indefinitely when i was writing it was my s
Washington post columnist, thriller writer who writes about the cia and such. This month, Pulitzer Prize winning author, Colson Whitehead as our guest. His most recent book is the under ground railroad. Mr. Whitehead, whats the appropriate response new book is appraised by oprah, president obama, you won the National Book award, what is the appropriate response . If only it took the pain aw away. [laughter] has taken off in a way thats unexpected and startling and wonderful. Just try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Why does it put you in a better mood . Ive been writing for 20 something years doing fiction 20 some years, sometimes we write a book and people dig it and understand it sometimes write a book and no one cares and its sort of disappears so i have the pride the job i did with the book. Either you dig the groups of two prospectors or you dont and so you are either along for the ride description or not. Definitely when i was writing was my second attempt at a novel. My fir
They just have kept it to themselves. To can be completely honest when i was listening to the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearing i was thinking a lot about these women. When women dont tell their stories a narrative is visited upon them, one of blame and shame. You did something wrong. You should have known better. I think that to me is the most resonant message from this book, to take back the narrative, the stigma, have to normalize it. One of four women terminate a pregnancy in the course of her lifetime. Putting a face to that instead of casting women as selfish and evil is important in a way to take the narrative back. Host you observe actual abortions. What was that like . Guest we shouldnt talk about abortion and euphemism. Interrupting life process even if you are prochoice you have to recognize that and he feels we should acknowledge that and what was being done during the termination. Invited me into the room to observe a 5week abortion and an 8 week abortion and a 16 week
Welcome to book tv in depth this is especially or fiction on indepth and last month was David Ignatius who writes about the cia. This month we have Colson Whitehead is our guest his most recent book is the underground railroad. What is the appropriate response mr. Whitehead when your books are praised by the president obama and ohio oprah and the National Book award . It takes the pain away. [laughter] this book has taken off in a way that is unexpected and wonderfu wonderful. So i think my lucky stars i sleep a little better, a better mood generally, and try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Why does it put you in a better mood . I have been writing 20 something years doing fiction 20 years. And no one particularly cares. So i have the pride of thinking i did a good job with the book and the bonus of other people to see that as well. Host your first book was about elevator repair people. How do you sell a book like that quick. Exactly. So when i send it to my agent with the concept
Compassionate empathy and perhaps protect roe versus wade a little longer. The book is actually a shooting at a reproductive rights in mississippi, one of the eight states that only have one clinic left in america because of over 280 laws at the state level has shifted away a reproductive rate since for 2012. In my book a gun comes in with a grudge and start shooting, he kills some patients and hostages and he patients employees any take the rest hostage. One of the people he takes hostage is the 15 euro daughter of the Hostage Negotiator on the outside and the people in the clinic are a wide range of people who have all been brought here at this moment they believe Different Things about reproductive rights, use the individuals were prochoice and prolife and all of their points of view are very evenly and accurately represented. How do you storyboard a complex story like that with all sorts of connections and things going on. That is a particular question, there is another twist in th