Percival Everett is the author of 24 novels, four short story collections, and six collections of poetry.

His 2001 novel Erasure was adapted as the feature film American Fiction, which was nominated this year for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Everett has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

His newest novel, James, reimagines Adventures of Huckleberry Finn “from the enslaved Jim’s point of view.”

This hour, Percival Everett joins us in studio.

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Percival Everett: Novelist and poet

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Percival Everett is the author of 24 novels, four short story collections, and six collections of poetry.
His 2001 novel <a href="https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/erasure" data-cms-ai="0">Erasure</a> was adapted as the feature film <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2024-02-16/the-nose-looks-at-american-fiction-and-criminal-record" data-cms-ai="0">American Fiction</a>, which was nominated this year for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Everett has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
His newest novel, <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738749/james-by-percival-everett/" data-cms-ai="0">James</a>, reimagines Adventures of Huckleberry Finn “from the enslaved Jim’s point of view.”
This hour, Percival Everett joins us in studio.
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