Percival Everett's 'James' took home this year’s fiction medal, and 'A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon' by Kevin Fedarko received this year’s nonfiction award. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-01-27 05:00:00 UTC ]
Retellings of novels like Huckleberry Finn and David Copperfield help to keep the canon aliveIt might have lost out at the Booker, but James, a reworking of Huckleberry Finn by Percival Everett, was the unofficial book of 2024, topping best-of-the-year lists and winning the prestigious US Book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-12-30 18:25:43 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association spoke to staff who also highlighted James by Percival Everett, and everything from Chris Hoy’s autobiography to a book about fishing by a dogThis year’s Booker prize winner will be the Christmas No 1 bestseller, predict UK booksellers.The Booksellers Association (BA)... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-12-20 15:52:28 UTC ]
The year’s best books include the novel “James” by Percival Everett and a memoir by historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2024-12-18 16:59:22 UTC ]
The winner of this year’s National Book Award in fiction has published several collections of poems. Our critic takes a look. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-12-16 10:02:11 UTC ]
Jason De León received the nonfiction award for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-11-21 03:36:15 UTC ]
This year’s contenders for the main prizes also include Percival Everett, Hisham Matar and Kaveh AkbarSalman Rushdie, Miranda July and Percival Everett are among this year’s finalists for the National Book awards.Rushdie, who is receiving his first nomination, is competing in the non-fiction... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-10-01 14:15:10 UTC ]
Percival Everett’s “James,” Salman Rushdie’s “Knife” and Diane Seuss’ “Modern Poetry” are among the honorees. Winners will be announced next month. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-10-01 14:00:07 UTC ]
This year's six-book shortlist includes five women authors—the largest number of women in the prizes 55-year history—and two Americans: Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner. The winner will be announced on November 12. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
AudioFile recommends 10 excellent new audiobooks for spring, including masterful new works from Hanif Abdurraqib, Percival Everett, and more. Whether you’re looking for a memoir told in the author’s own voice or a fascinating novel performed by professional narrators, you’ll find something... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2024-05-21 12:00:00 UTC ]
For The Book Review Podcast’s May book club, we’ll talk about “James,” Percival Everett’s radical reimagining of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-05-10 15:51:16 UTC ]
Percival Everett’s ‘James,’ a retelling of ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ from Jim’s perspective, lands at #3 on our hardcover fiction list. Plus Dog Main graphic novelist Dav Pilkey pays it forward, and ‘Ghost Town Living’ author Brent Underwood stakes his claim. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
Books to read in March include "James" by Percival Everett, "Wandering Stars" by Tommy Orange and "Age of Revolutions" by Fareed Zakaria. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-03-01 11:02:40 UTC ]
Novelist Jacinda Townsend and writer James Bernard Short join co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about the movie American Fiction, which is based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett. Townsend and Short discuss how the film addresses race in the publishing industry via... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-02-08 09:08:33 UTC ]
Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from Percival Everett, Katherine Dunn, Hilton Als, and more—that are publishing this week. Want to learn more about upcoming titles? Then go read our most recent book preview. Want to help The Millions keep churning out great books... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2022-11-01 09:59:41 UTC ]
The longlist for the Booker Prize has been announced, including six American authors: Hernan Diaz, Percival Everett, Karen Joy Fowler, Leila Mottley, Selby Wynn Schwartz, and Elizabeth Strout. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-26 04:00:00 UTC ]