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Colson Whitehead on Rejections

Colson Whitehead Interview: I Have to Know the Destination

“I became a writer once I realized no one liked my stuff. I just had no choice but to keep going and start a new novel.” In an interview for Louisiana Channel, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Colson Whitehead talks about how rejections of his first manuscript pushed him forward to pursue writing and why he enjoys exploring different genres.

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Colson Whitehead
Pulitzer Prize
Louisiana Channel
interview
The Intuitionist
Random House
1999

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