Percival Everett talks about winning the National Book Award for his book James, discusses how a game of tennis inspired him ...

Percival Everett's reimagining of Mark Twain’s 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' just won the $10,000 National Book Award ...

Percival Everett’s “James" won the National Book Award for fiction. For nonfiction, Jason De León’s “Soldiers and Kings: ...

USC professor Percival Everett wins the National Book Award for Fiction for 'James,' a retelling of 'Huckleberry Finn' from ...

The following Q&A, which has been edited for length and clarity, is from our March interview with the author, published here ...

The 75th National Book Awards celebrated with a ceremony, comedy from Kate McKinnon and music from Jon Batiste. Percival ...

Everett’s primary characters tend toward reluctant heroism but also, at times, vengeance, alongside streaks of misanthropy. (As the character of Percival Everett, professor of nonsense ...

Percival Everett’s new novel, “James,” a retelling of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of Huck’s ...

Everett’s reimagining of “Huck Finn” was among the big winners at a ceremony in New York that featured several politically ...

Everett's novel James is a retelling of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. The prestigious literary prize also awards the best in non-fiction, poetry,... Percival Everett wins the National Book Award ...

Everett, a Brown University alum, was joined by winners in nonfiction, poetry, books in translation, and books for children.

Percival Everett has won the National Book Award for fiction for his novel “James,” a reimagining of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the point of view of the enslaved ...