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Percival Everett On One of His Favorite Books of the Year
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May 1, 2025
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0:23Now PlayingPercival Everett won the National Book Award for Fiction for his novel “James,” a re-telling of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” by Mark Twain, that centers the perspective of Jim, who has fled enslavement in Missouri. On the red carpet at the National Book Awards, Everett shares the best book he read that came out in 2024 and some words of writing advice.
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