Susan asked Colson Whitehead:

Hi,Colson...You Always Always Think outside The "Trunk" ;) I imagine your research came from various sources, most importantly Your Mind... Which reveals so much about you... Are you surprised by all the Great Attention "The Underground Railroad" is getting?(We're not:) When I read "Sag Harbor" we really did get a peek inside your life...Thanks Colson

Colson Whitehead I'm very glad the reviews have been kind, and the folks seen to get what I was trying to do. It doesn't always work out that way, so I appreciate it when it does!

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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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I thought your time blending a really interesting technique, especially inserting the Booker T v WEB DuBois debates into the slave period. Why did you decide to use this technique as Cora's journey north progressed?

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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...)

I thought your time blending a really interesting technique, especially inserting the Booker T v WEB DuBois debates into the slave period. Why did you decide to use this technique as Cora's journey north progressed?

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