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2. Erasure (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Erasure is a 2001 novel by American writer Percival Everett.It was originally published by the University Press of New England.The novel satirizes the dominant strains of discussion related to the publication and reception of African-American literature, and was later adapted by Cord Jefferson into a film titled American Fiction, starring Jeffrey Wright.

3. American Fiction (film) - Wikipedia

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   American Fiction is a 2023 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Cord Jefferson in his feature directorial debut.Based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, it follows a frustrated African-American novelist-professor who writes an outlandish satire of stereotypical "Black" books, only for it to be mistaken for serious literature and published to high sales and critical ...

4. Percival Everett - Wikipedia

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   In 2023, the film American Fiction was released, with a screenplay adapted by its director Cord Jefferson from Everett's 2001 novel Erasure. Among other awards, American Fiction won Best Adapted Screenplay at the 96th Academy Awards. [29] Everett accepting the National Book Award for Fiction in 2024

5. How to Watch the Oscar-Winning ‘American Fiction’ from Home

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   Based off of the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, the movie is about a Black professor and writer named Thelonious “Monk” Ellison (Wright), who writes a satire book full of Black ...

6. How Oscar-buzzy 'American Fiction' defangs Percival ... - AOL

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   'American Fiction,' an Oscar-buzzy film starring Jeffrey Wright, began as Percival Everett's scathing novel 'Erasure.' Here's how the story transformed

7. 'American Fiction' Shows How Comedy Is a Black American ... - AOL

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   All this underscores the central pain point in Percival Everett’s Erasure, the novel that inspired American Fiction’s Oscar-nominated adapted screenplay by director Cord Jefferson. Director ...

8. 'American Fiction' Wins Best Screenplay Oscar in a Surprise ...

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   Based on Percival Everett’s 2001 novel Erasure, the film stars Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison, an author who grows frustrated that his books don't sell while other Black writers who ...

9. American Fiction (soundtrack) - Wikipedia

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   American Fiction is the soundtrack to the 2023 film of the same name directed by Cord Jefferson, based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett. The film's musical score composed by Laura Karpman featured 21 tracks from the film score for around 47 minutes. The soundtrack was released by Sony Masterworks on December 15, 2023, alongside the ...