Colson Whitehead's novel 'The Nickel Boys' comes to the big screen
2024-12-16 · 7 min · 7 entities
Asserted relationships
-
0.71
evidence rules-v5
Colson Whitehead's novel 'The Nickel Boys' comes to the big screen Colson Whitehead's 2019 novel The Nickel Boys follows
-
0.40
evidence rules-v5
Feed category: Arts
-
0.40
evidence rules-v5
Feed author/publisher: NPR
-
0.40
evidence rules-v5
Feed category: Books
Entities found in this episode
concepts 3
-
0.50
evidence rules-v5
Feed category: Arts
-
0.40
evidence rules-v5
Feed category: Arts
-
0.40
evidence rules-v5
Feed category: Books
books 2
-
0.83
evidence rules-v5
Colson Whitehead's novel 'The Nickel Boys' comes to the big screen Colson Whitehead's 2019 novel The Nickel Boys follows
-
0.71
evidence rules-v5
Colson Whitehead's novel 'The Nickel Boys' comes to the big screen Colson Whitehead's 2019 novel The Nickel Boys follows
companys 2
-
0.70
evidence rules-v5
Feed author/publisher: NPR
-
0.40
evidence rules-v5
Feed author/publisher: NPR
Episode description as stored
Colson Whitehead's 2019 novel The Nickel Boys follows the studious and idealistic Elwood Curtis, a Black teenager whose prized possession is a recording of speeches by Martin Luther King Jr. But when Elwood is sent to a juvenile reformatory in Florida, his worldview is challenged by the horrors he experiences there. Now, Whitehead's novel has been adapted into a film. In today's episode, we revisit a conversation between Whitehead and NPR's Scott Simon, where they discuss the real-life reform school that inspired Nickel Academy, MLK's idea of soul force, and Whitehead's strong emotional reaction to the characters in his novel.
To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookoftheday
See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.
NPR Privacy Policy