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Meet Percival Everett: 5 novels that showcase the L.A. writer's enigmatic style
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe L.A. Times Book Club is reading "Dr. No" by Percival Everett. (Graywolf Press/ Wesley Lapointe)...
Arts and letters academy votes in Everett, Coppola, others
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn Tuesday, Everett was one of 19 new members announced for induction this spring into the American...
This rewriting of Mark Twain is sly, shocking and sensationally good
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 month agoPercival Everett reveals a lot about his reworking of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn...
Booker Prize 2022 shortlist features oldest author
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoBritish author Alan Garner has become the oldest writer to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Garner, who was born in Cheshire and grew up in Alderley...
'American Fiction': After a decade of rejection, Cord Jefferson made one of the best movies of the...
Yahoo News Canada· 5 months agoAfter winning the People's Choice Award for best film at this year's Toronto International Film...
9 Books for Thoughtful, Well-Read Dads
The Oprah Magazine via AOL· 11 months ago9 Books for Thoughtful, Loving DadsHearst Owned As Neil Gaiman says, “Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them.” The books in...
Cord Jefferson Says Aziz Ansari ‘Planted the Seed’ for Him to Direct ‘American Fiction’ While...
Variety via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCord Jefferson didn’t always know he wanted to be a director. While working on Netflix’s comedy...
A Reading List for the 2024 Oscar Best Picture Nominees
Town & Country via AOL· 4 months agoA Reading List for the 2024 Best Picture NomineesDesign by Michael Stillwell The 2024 Oscar...
Nicole Richie Starts Her Day By Writing in Her Bathroom
The Wall Street Journal· 2 weeks agoMY MONDAY MORNING It has been over 20 years since “The Simple Life” first aired on Fox, but Nicole...
The Making of ‘American Fiction’: “Tragedy and Comedy at the Same Time, and Often the Same Day”
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIn late 2020, Cord Jefferson, a journalist turned TV writer, was in a state of creative dismay. He...