Dave Davies

Thus, The Nickel Boys is the book, but it's based on the story of the Dozier School in the Panhandle of Florida, which is now closed and where many abuses were discovered. This is a reading about a group of ex-students, right? Just set it up for us.

Thus, The Nickel Boys is the book, but it's based on the story of the Dozier School in the Panhandle of Florida, which is now closed and where many abuses were discovered. This is a reading about a group of ex-students, right? Just set it up for us.

Thus, The Nickel Boys is the book, but it's based on the story of the Dozier School in the Panhandle of Florida, which is now closed and where many abuses were discovered. This is a reading about a group of ex-students, right? Just set it up for us.

And that is Colson Whitehead reading from his new book, The Nickel Boys. This school really changed people's lives, didn't it?

And that is Colson Whitehead reading from his new book, The Nickel Boys. This school really changed people's lives, didn't it?

And that is Colson Whitehead reading from his new book, The Nickel Boys. This school really changed people's lives, didn't it?

Your last book, The Underground Railroad, which won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, was a look at slavery. What made you want to write about Dozier, about this school?

Your last book, The Underground Railroad, which won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, was a look at slavery. What made you want to write about Dozier, about this school?

Your last book, The Underground Railroad, which won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, was a look at slavery. What made you want to write about Dozier, about this school?

And how did you research the subject? Did you go down and visit Dozier?

And how did you research the subject? Did you go down and visit Dozier?

And how did you research the subject? Did you go down and visit Dozier?

But you didn't feel the need to go there?

But you didn't feel the need to go there?

But you didn't feel the need to go there?

So how did you get the texture of the place to write about it?

So how did you get the texture of the place to write about it?

So how did you get the texture of the place to write about it?

How did kids get into a school like that? What sort of offenses or circumstances would cause them to be sent to this school?

How did kids get into a school like that? What sort of offenses or circumstances would cause them to be sent to this school?