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‘The most subversive thing is to read’ Percival Everett at MLF
Everett did not disappoint. He talks in a low gravelly yet velvety tone reminiscent of Tom Waits. Most of the chat inevitably ...
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Percival Everett’s new book ‘James’ revisits ‘Huckleberry Finn.’ He won’t tell you how to read it
You probably wouldn’t want to either if you were Percival Everett. He’s spent decades as a literary secret. His first novel came out 41 years ago. He’s since written two dozen more ...
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Book Club: Discuss ‘James,’ by Percival Everett, With Us
For The Book Review Podcast’s May book club, we’ll talk about “James,” Percival Everett’s radical reimagining of “Adventures ...
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Author Percival Everett on reimagining ‘Huckleberry Finn’ and history’s dominant narratives
Percival Everett’s newest novel reimagines “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of the enslaved character, Jim. Everett joins Washington Post Live to talk about "James ...
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Talk with Percival Everett, author of ‘James,' moved to bigger location due to huge interest
Pulitzer Prize finalist Percival Everett is coming to Connecticut in June to speak about his latest novel, “James,” which is a reimagination of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ...
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Percival Everett centers a new voice in 'James,' a retelling of 'Huckleberry Finn'
Percival Everett is a prolific author – his 2001 book Erasure was recently adapted into the Oscar-winning film American Fiction. But his latest book, James, Everett expands on a story readers ...
Pulitzer Prize winner Hernan Diaz, Oscar-anointed Percival Everett and bestseller Rebecca Makkai coming to Hopkins for Pen Pals
Percival Everett, Ann Napolitano, David Grann, Rebecca Makkai and Hernan Diaz are on tap for Friends of the Hennepin County Library's Pen Pals series in 2024-25 at Hopkins Center for the Arts.
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James by Percival Everett: an enthralling reimagining of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of formerly enslaved Jim
James, a novel by Percival Everett, reimagines Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of the enslaved Jim, exploring the complexities of his journey and the development of ...
Percival Everett reimagines Huckleberry Finn
Percival Everett, a prolific author known for his versatility across various genres and styles, reinterprets an American ...
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Transcript: Race in America: Giving Voice with Author Percival Everett
MR. CAPEHART: Good afternoon, and welcome to Washington Post Live and another in our series, “Race in America,” co-produced with the “Capehart” podcast. I am Jonathan Capehart, associate ...
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Jeff Simon: With 'James,' Percival Everett continues his crusade to expose racism
The title of Percival Everett's new novel is just "James." That's it. One syllable, five letters. It is remarkable how much wickedly compound irony you can fit in that title. It is the name of the ...
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‘James,’ ‘Demon Copperhead’ and the Triumph of Literary Fan Fiction
How Percival Everett and Barbara Kingsolver reimagined classic works by Mark Twain and Charles Dickens. By A.O. Scott One of the most talked-about novels of the year so far is “James,” by ...