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James is a novel by author Percival Everett published by Doubleday in 2024. The novel is a re-imagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain but told from the perspective of Huckleberry's friend on his travels, Jim, who is an escaped slave. The novel won the 2024 Kirkus Prize and the National Book Award for Fiction.
Percival Leonard Everett II (born December 22, 1956) [1] is an American writer [2] and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. He has described himself as "pathologically ironic" [ 3 ] and has played around with numerous genres such as western fiction, mysteries, thrillers, satire and philosophical fiction ...
Krishna Das has been associated with many other artists. Two of his albums have featured Hans Christian as a multi-instrumentalist, and Sting appears on the album Pilgrim Heart . He has also appeared on an album with Baird Hersey & Prana, a group combining Western music and overtone singing , entitled Gathering in the Light .
Percival Everett, author of Huckleberry Finn retelling “James,” won the coveted National Book Award for fiction. In the wake of record book bans and challenges, there was a clear – but ...
Universal Pictures has acquired feature film rights to “James,” the latest book from Percival Everett, whose novel “Erasure” was adapted as “American Fiction.” Steven Spielberg will ...
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Jeremy Frindel's 2012 film One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das documents the life and musical career of American kirtan singer Krishna Das.In 1970, while struggling with drug abuse and depression, Das left his native Long Island, New York for India, selling all his possessions and turning down the opportunity to record as lead vocalist with the band that would later become Blue Öyster ...
So Much Blue exhibits the issues that can occur when marriages are built upon secrets. Kevin's secret affair and painting harm his marriage, even if they are undisclosed. A New York Times article by Gerald Early argues that Everett's novel demonstrates that "marriage is about trying to sustain one’s inviolate self against the encroachment of the familial maw.