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Suzanne asked Colson Whitehead:

The brutal experiences that Cora endures can seem unrelenting. Did you find that you needed to break away from writing the story to remember and experience the happier side of life? And if you did, what kinds of things did you do?

Colson Whitehead At the end of the day, I could always come upstairs and cook dinner for the family and leave work behind...
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Was Valentine Farm based on a real place? ( Just finished UR and loved it...and The Intuitionist, and Sag Harbor, and John Henry Days...)

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The names in the book are striking, especially Caesar and Royal. How did you name your characters, and what were you consciously trying to say with your choices?

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