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

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

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 ...

Percival Everett’s “James,” a daring reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” won the National Book Award for fiction Nov. 20.

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

(As the character of Percival Everett, professor of nonsense, in I Am Not Sidney Poitier puts it, “People … are worse than anybody.”) And yet at the heart of the book are James’s powerful ...

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

American author Percival Everett’s novel "James" has won the National Book Award for fiction, as the esteemed US literary ...

Percival Everett's “James,” a daring reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” has won the National Book Award for fiction. Jason De León’s “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and ...