![]() And after 18 months, they might be set on a better path. And the idea was that, instead of, you know, locking up kids with grown-up criminals, give them an education, have them do some work on a farm. They would take in orphans, wards of the state. And they would take in juvenile delinquents. WHITEHEAD: It was a reform school in Florida. ![]() SIMON: This novel is inspired creatively, at any rate, by a real place, the Dozier School. Thanks so much for being with us.ĬOLSON WHITEHEAD: Yeah. And Colson Whitehead, author of "The Underground Railroad," which won just about every award in existence, and a book called "The Noble Hustle," the only good book about poker I've ever read, joins us in our studios in New York. SIMON: Elwood will see plenty of evil deeds during the course of Colson Whitehead's new novel, "The Nickel Boys," when he's sent to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, which turns out to be a house of horrors. And I'm happy that he didn't say like your enemies because it's pretty difficult to like some people. And I think this is what Jesus meant when he said love your enemies. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR: He loves a person and hates the evil deed. His most treasured possession is a recording of speeches by Dr. ![]() Elwood Curtis is a brilliant and earnest young African American man growing up in Florida during the civil rights movement. ![]()
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