Stoop Talk: Colson Whitehead in Conversation with Thelma Golden

November 17, 2026, 6:30–9:00 pm

Studio Museum in Harlem

144 West 125th Street

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Join us for an exclusive evening as the Studio Museum in Harlem celebrates the release of Colson Whitehead's highly anticipated new book release. Director and Chief Curator Thelma Golden will sit down with the #1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner for an intimate conversation on Cool Machine, the final installment of the acclaimed Harlem Shuffle Trilogy.

Cool Machine
will be available for purchase at the Studio Store with an opportunity for the book to be signed by the author.

This event is open to Members at the Futurist level. Contact us at [email protected] to learn more or upgrade your Membership.

About the Speaker

Colson Whitehead is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eleven works of fiction and nonfiction, and is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, for The Nickel Boys and The Underground Railroad, which also won the National Book Award. A recipient of MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships, he lives in New York City.

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Stoop Talk: Colson Whitehead in Conversation with Thelma Golden

November 17, 2026, 6:30–9:00 pm

Studio Museum in Harlem

144 West 125th Street

Learn more about Membership

Join us for an exclusive evening as the Studio Museum in Harlem celebrates the release of Colson Whitehead's highly anticipated new book release. Director and Chief Curator Thelma Golden will sit down with the #1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner for an intimate conversation on Cool Machine, the final installment of the acclaimed Harlem Shuffle Trilogy.

Cool Machine
will be available for purchase at the Studio Store with an opportunity for the book to be signed by the author.

This event is open to Members at the Futurist level. Contact us at [email protected] to learn more or upgrade your Membership.

About the Speaker

Colson Whitehead is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eleven works of fiction and nonfiction, and is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, for The Nickel Boys and The Underground Railroad, which also won the National Book Award. A recipient of MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships, he lives in New York City.

Studio Museum in Harlem

144 West 125th Street

Learn more about Membership
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