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
welcome to book tvin-depth program, this is our special year of fiction on in-depth . you see authors such as david baldacci, jody people, walter mosley, last month we had david ignatius, washington post columnist and thriller writer who writes about the cia and such. this month we are pleased to have pulitzer prize winning author colson whitehead as our guest with the most recent book is the underground railroad. mister whitehead, what s the appropriate response when your book are are praised by oprah, president obama, you win the pulitzer and national book award, what s the appropriate response? it took the pain away. this book is taking off in a way that is startling and wonderful so mostly i just thank my lucky stars and i sleep a little better, i m in a better mood generally. and i tried to enjoy it. it s my best effort. why does that put you in a better mood? i ve been writing for 20 something years, doing fiction for 20 years and you know, sometimes you write a
then as tens of thousands individuals born in the dominican republic, mostly of haitian descent, face expulsion, we speak with haitian-american writer edwidge danticat. haitians of dominican descent can be expelled from the dominican republic. it is something that can potentially become one of the most catastrophic refugee crises in our region. amy: all that and more, coming up. amy: welcome to democracy now democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. greece s central bank has warned the country is on a painful course toward defaulting on its debts and dropping out of the eurozone. in a statement, the bank urged the greek government and european creditors to reach a deal before greece s current bailout expires at the end of month. the greek government has rejected european demands for further pension cuts. the bank of greece warns a default quote would snowball into an uncontrollable crisis, and bring deep recession, a dramatic decline in income leve
silence just a day after she resigned her post as president of the spokane chapter of the naacp amid reports she falsely portrayed herself as black. she says that is how she identifies. we will host a roundtable discussion. then as tens of thousands individuals born in the dominican republic, mostly of haitian descent, face expulsion, we speak with haitian-american writer edwidge danticat. haitians of dominican descent can be expelled from the dominican republic. it is something that can potentially become one of the most catastrophic refugee crises in our region. amy: all that and more, coming up. amy: welcome to democracy now democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. greece s central bank has warned the country is on a painful course toward defaulting on its debts and dropping out of the eurozone. in a statement, the bank urged the greek government and european creditors to reach a deal before greece s current bailout expires at the end of month. th