Boswell & University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, present an evening with the
Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad,
Colson Whitehead
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
7:00 PM
UWM Student Union-Wisconsin Room, 2200 E. Kenwood Ave., Milwaukee
The general public is invited and tickets are $19. Tickets include all taxes and ticket fees, and a signed paperback edition of The Underground Railroad. Tickets are available at whiteheadmke.brownpapertickets.com or you can order by phone at 800-838-3006.
In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, The Underground Railroad received the National Book Award for fiction, the Carnegie Medal for Excellence, and the Arthur C. Clarke Award. The book was an Oprah book club selection and a #1 New York Times bestseller.
About the author:
Colson Whitehead (Harvard ’91) is also the author of The Noble Hustle, Zone One, Sag Harbor, The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, Apex Hides the Hurt, and The Colossus of New York. He is a recipient of the MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships and lives in New York City.