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Interview Details
Title & Link
Colson Whitehead interview: The Crook Manifesto author talks craft | Vox
Publish Date
July 18, 2023
Interviewees
Colson Whitehead
Interviewers
Constance Grady
Publisher
Vox
Topics
1970s New York City
arson in crime novels
blaxploitation movies
craft of writing
final volume of the trilogy
Harlem Shuffle trilogy
Knapp Commission
narrative modes
new novel Crook Manifesto
New York history
three-act structure
People Mentioned
Alexander Oakes
Frank Serpico
Lucinda Cole
Pepper
Zippo
Works Mentioned
Chinatown
Crook Manifesto
Dog Day Afternoon
Harlem Shuffle
Sag Harbor
The Underground Railroad
Places Mentioned
Harlem
New York City
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