follows john henry days
___MASK34___ ___MASK19___ Awards are ___MASK81___ set of annual ___MASK47___ . S . literary awards . At the final National ___MASK19___ Awards ___MASK32___ every November , the National ___MASK19___ Foundation presents the National ___MASK19___ Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors . John Henry Days ___MASK8___ a 2001 Pulitzer Prize shortlisted novel by African American author Colson Whitehead . John Henry Days ___MASK8___ a portrait of America . Through a patchwork of interweaving histories , Whitehead reveals how a nation creates its present through the stories it tells of its past . Colson Whitehead ( ___MASK90___ November ___MASK30___ , 1969 ) is a New York - based novelist . He is the author of six novels , including his debut work , the 1999 novel " ___MASK58___ ", and the National Book Award - winning novel " The Underground Railroad ". He has also published two books of non - fiction . In 2002 , he received a MacArthur Fellowship . ___MASK58___ is a 1999 novel by Colson Whitehead . It falls broadly into speculative fiction .