Playing a handful of songs during MPR's "Talking Volumes" series featuring Colson Whitehead.
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Minnesota Public Radio is proud to announce the 12th season of Talking Volumes at the Fitzgerald Theater. On Wednesday, November 2nd at 7:00 p.m., Kerri Miller sits down with Colson Whitehead to talk about his post-apocalyptic zombie satire Zone One. Publisher’s Weekly raves “While the revolution will not be televised, the apocalypse and what comes after, at least according to Whitehead, will have sponsors. It will even have an anthem, the brilliantly self-referential "Stop! Can You Hear the Eagle Roar?" (theme from Reconstruction). As we follow New Yorker and perpetual B-student "Mark Spitz" over three harrowing days, Whitehead dumpster dives genre tropes, using what he wants and leaving the rest to rot, turning what could have been another zombie-pocalypse gore-fest into the kind of smart, funny, pop culture–filled tale that would make George Romero proud. While many stories in this genre are set in a devastated nowheresville, Whitehead plants his narrative firmly in New York City, penning a love letter to a Manhattan still recognizable after the event referred to only as "Last Night." Far from the solemn affair so often imagined, the apocalypse in Whitehead's hands is filled with the kind of dark humor one imagines actual survivors adopting in order to stave off madness.”
Colson Whitehead is the author of the novels The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, Apex Hides the Hurt, and Sag Harbor. He has also written a book of about his hometown, a collection of essays called The Colossus of New York. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Granta, Harper’s, and the New Yorker. A recipient of a Whiting Writers Award, a MacArthur grant, and a fellowship at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, Whitehead lives in New York City.
Talking Volumes, a partnership of Minnesota Public Radio and the Star Tribune, in collaboration with The Loft Literary Center, is a winner of the prestigious Gracie Allen Award. Talking Volumes was noted for its superior quality in writing, production, and programming. The program spotlights books with feature articles, live broadcasts with the author, in-person readings and discussions, and more.
Single tickets are $25.00 for the public and $23.00 for Minnesota Public Radio members, members of the Star Tribune Talking Volumes Club, and
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