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Said@Duke: Colson Whitehead on the Job of the Artist

Part of the Said@Duke 2017-2018 Series
Colson Whitehead on making a piece of art

On Feb. 7, Duke University Libraries presented “An Evening with Colson Whitehead” as the 2017-2018 Weaver Memorial Lecture. Whitehead is the New York Times bestselling author of “The Underground Railroad,” winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. The Weaver Memorial Lecture is hosted every other year by the Duke University Libraries in memory of William B. Weaver, a 1972 Duke graduate and former member of the Library Advisory Board. The event was co-sponsored by the Office of the President, the Office of the Provost, and the Department of English.

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