Writer Percival Everett: “In ownership of language there resides great power” [ Mark Twain ]

Writer Percival Everett: “In ownership of language there resides great
power” [News Summary]

• In his latest book, “James,” the author who tackled race in such satirical
  novels as “Erasure” (basis of the Oscar-winning “American…
• Between an Oscar-winning movie adaptation of one of his books and a new
  novel with rave reviews, Percival Everett’s gone from cult favorite…
• “James,” novelist Percival Everett’s retelling of “Huckleberry Finn,”
  published Tuesday. It tells Jim’s story in a way that Mark Twain…
• The acclaimed author takes us inside his process for writing ‘James,’ a
  subversive new take on ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.’
• In February 2023, the news broke that Percival Everett would be publishing
  his 24th novel, James, a retelling of Adventures of Huckleberry…
• In a fever dream of a retelling, America’s new reigning king of satire has
  turned a loved classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,…
• Ernest Hemingway was not known for his generosity to other writers, but
  even he felt the need to humble himself before Mark Twain. In 1935…
• The prolific author and USC professor talks about his new book inspired by
  ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.’
• Everyone should know the name Percival Everett by now. His “Also by
  Percival Everett” lists read like discographies, revealing more than 30…
• The newly published “James” by Percival Everett reimagines the narrative of
  “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain, 140 years after…