Winner of the 2016 National Book Award

Colson Whitehead’s novel The Underground Railroad just won the 2016 National Book Award.

Steve Paulson spoke with him about this powerful, sweeping epic.

Hear an excerpt of his reading from the book below: 

Something to look forward to: We have a brief reading from @colsonwhitehead's award-winning Underground Railroad in our next episode. pic.twitter.com/DTSrEZqjZh

— TTBOOK (@TTBOOK1) November 20, 2016