Percival Everett's “James,” a daring reworking ... as hundreds gathered for the dinner ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in downtown Manhattan for the awards' 75th anniversary, the mood was ...

Percival is a writer, painter, musician, equestrian, fly fisherman, mathematician, father, husband, and professor. It would ...

FILE – Author Percival Everett attends the 75th National Book Awards ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File) ...

Here's who made the list. Percival Everett’s James — a retelling of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — was one of the biggest books of 2024, winning a Kirkus Award ...

NEW YORK (AP) — "James," Percival Everett 's acclaimed reworking of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. Everett's version of Mark Twain's ...