Percival Everett’s “James” Wins a Pulitzer
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<p>A year ago, <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/03/18/percival-everett-profile">Percival Everett</a> published his twenty-fourth novel, “<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/173754979-james">James</a>,” and it became a literary phenomenon. It won the National Book Award, and, just this week, was announced as the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. “James” offers a radically different perspective on the classic Mark Twain novel “<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/76/76-h/76-h.htm">The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</a>”: Everett centers his story on the character of Jim, who is escaping slavery. The <i>New Yorker</i> staff writer <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/julian-lucas">Julian Lucas</a> is a longtime Everett fan, and talked with the novelist just after “James” was released. “My Jim—he’s not simple,” Everett tells Julian Lucas. “The Jim that’s represented in ‘Huck Finn’ is simple.” </p><p><i>This segment originally aired on March 22, 2024.</i></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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