Ana and Dan crawl into the old mica mine for this excursion into the darkest depths of American history. Very Cool Dude and MacAurthur grant winner Colson Whitehead expands on a childhood notion about the historical Underground Railroad and uses it to explore the contradictions and cruelties of slavery and white supremacy. For a such a sobering subject, there is a remarkable amount of swooning (mostly Ana). There is IR and oh boy yes a critique of capitalism.
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