Ten books into his career, after winning back-to-back Pulitzers, Colson Whitehead took on a new genre—the heist novel—proving again that he is a master of reinvention
Colson Whitehead is strolling through New York City’s Meatpacking District, marveling over the area’s metamorphosis from seedy underbelly to vibrant hipster paradise. It’s a warm late-summer afternoon and Whitehead, dressed in slim jeans, polo shirt and sneakers, pauses at a busy intersection. “This place was a s—hole when I was growing up,” he says of the neighborhood, flanked by Chelsea, the West Village and the Hudson River. “It was scary. I mean, a really scary neighborhood.
Whitehead stands in the bustle and points across the no-longer-so-scary cityscape. “My daughter was born five blocks east,” he says matter-of-factly. “My wife lived here, and I moved in with her.” Beyond this bit of personal nostalgia, Whitehead admits he never much cared for the neighborhood through any of its iterations—perhaps least of all its rebirth as a hyper-gentrified enclave. “It’s been built up like this for about 10 years,” he says with a shrug. “It’s sort of ridiculous.
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