"Ask the Author" with Colson Whitehead, 8/16 at 12pm EST

[OBC]

Dear Oprah's Book Club,

Colson Whitehead, the author of "The Underground Railroad," will be answering all your questions on Tuesday, August 16 at 12pm EST. Submit your questions here — https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

... see you then and happy reading!

[Shaheer]

Hello Mr. Whitehead did you do research on the actual, "Underground Railroad" before writing this book?

[Kathryn]

Shaheer wrote: "Hello Mr. Whitehead did you do research on the actual, "Underground Railroad" before writing this book?"

ShAHEER - I think they mean to submit the question at the link that is provided above.

[Shaheer]

Thank you Kathryn

[Tanya]

What inspired you to write the underground railroad?


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[Sonia]

I would like to ask Mr. Whitehead the following question:
Several eontemporary African American novelists have produced neoslave narratives which reexamines such issues of gender, sexuality, and displacement. How does The Underground Railroad contribute to the neoslave narrative tradition.