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'James' Author Percival Everett on Freedom, Violence, and the Lure of 'Huckleberry Finn'
Elle via Yahoo News· 1 month agoPercival Everett on 'James' Doubleday Books/Michael Avedon/Design by Leah Romero A few months ago, I...
‘American Fiction’ Author Percival Everett Explains Why N-Word Is ‘Inoffensive’ in the Right Context...
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 months agoHis new novel “James” tells the story of Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn” from enslaved...
Percival Everett Is Messing With You
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPercival Everett is a compulsive problem solver who doesn’t care much whether he ultimately arrives at a solution. As he told Paris Review seven years...
“American Fiction ”movie director reveals book author Percival Everett's reaction to 'frightening'...
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo News· 8 months agoCord Jefferson and Lulu Wang discussed adapting popular books for the screen at TIFF, with Jefferson...
Book excerpt: "James" by Percival Everett
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe author of "Erasure" (the basis of the Oscar-winning film "American Fiction") returns with a comic novel that retells Mark Twain's "The Adventures of...
Jeffrey Wright Discusses “Erasure”, the Novel that Inspired “American Fiction”: ‘It’s A Great Read’...
People via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Oscar-nominated actor calls the book's author, Percival Everett, "a brilliant writer' Vivien...
Writer Percival Everett: "In ownership of language there resides great power"
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn his latest book, "James," the author who tackled race in such satirical novels as "Erasure"...
The Power of Percival Everett: America’s Incendiary Man of Letters
The Oprah Magazine via AOL· 1 year agoThe Power of Percival EverettOprah Daily With a lifetime achievement award from the National Book...
US authors Strout, Everett among Booker Prize finalists
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAmerican authors Elizabeth Strout and Percival Everett are up against writers from Britain, Ireland,...
Percival Everett, Ling Ma among winners of $175,000 prizes
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPercival Everett and Ling Ma, already two of the year's most honored writers, are among eight...