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What if the Underground Railroad really was a network of secret trains that brought runaway slaves to freedom? That's the premise of Colson Whitehead's acclaimed novel, The Underground Railroad. He speaks with Eleanor about blending fact and fiction.

Nigerian-American author Teju Cole's novel, Open City - described by The Atlantic as "a psychological hand-grenade" - was named a best book on more than twenty end-of-year lists. He talks about the book with Eleanor Wachtel.