Colson Whitehead - Viewing Trauma Through a Personal Lens in “The Nickel Boys” | The Daily Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LAMA3HsAUA
Interview with Trevor Noah of The Daily Show, in which Whitehead discusses the Dozier School that formed the inspirational basis for The Nickel Boys, as well as his decision to tell the story from the perspective of two boys.
Boys were beaten and abused at a Florida reform school. Now Colson Whitehead fictionalizes that history.
Washington Post article discussing the Dozier School and how...
