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***A limited number of tickets to the event are remaining, but will only be available for pickup at the door, one hour before the start of the lecture (6 PM). General public, as well as members of the college will be eligible for remaining tickets.*** Colson Whitehead is a New York Times bestselling author. He is the recipient of both a MacArthur Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Colson Whitehead's latest novel, The Underground Railroad, is the winner of both the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Sponsored by The Public Lectures Committee.