Ebook326 pages3 hours
Conversations with Percival Everett
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
()
About this ebook
For the first eighteen years of his career, Percival Everett (b. 1956) managed to fly under the radar of the literary establishment. He followed his artistic vision down a variety of unconventional paths, including his preference for releasing his books through independent publishers. But with the publication of his novel erasure in 2001, his literary talent could no longer be kept under wraps. The author of more than twenty-five books, Everett has established himself as one of America's—and arguably the world's—premier twenty-first-century fiction writers. Among his many honors since 2000 are Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards for erasure and I Am Not Sidney Poitier (2009) and three prominent awards for his 2005 novel Wounded—the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Fiction, France's Prix Lucioles des Libraires, and Italy's Premio Vallombrosa Gregor von Rezzori Prize.
Interviews collected in this volume—several of which appear in print or in English translation for the first time—display Everett's abundant wit as well as the independence of thought that has led to his work being described as “characteristically uncharacteristic.” At one moment he speaks with great sophistication about the fact that African American authors are forced to overcome constraining expectations about their subject matter that white writers are not. And in the next he talks about training mules or quips about “Jim Crow,” a pet bird Everett had on his ranch outside Los Angeles. Everett discusses race and gender, his ecological interests, the real and mythic American West, the eclectic nature of his work, the craft of writing, language and linguistic theory, and much more.
Interviews collected in this volume—several of which appear in print or in English translation for the first time—display Everett's abundant wit as well as the independence of thought that has led to his work being described as “characteristically uncharacteristic.” At one moment he speaks with great sophistication about the fact that African American authors are forced to overcome constraining expectations about their subject matter that white writers are not. And in the next he talks about training mules or quips about “Jim Crow,” a pet bird Everett had on his ranch outside Los Angeles. Everett discusses race and gender, his ecological interests, the real and mythic American West, the eclectic nature of his work, the craft of writing, language and linguistic theory, and much more.
Related to Conversations with Percival Everett
Related ebooks
Jesting in Earnest: Percival Everett and Menippean Satire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIlluminating Fiction Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA History of the African-American People (Proposed) by Strom Thurmond: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFor Her Dark Skin Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Trees: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Walk Me to the Distance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sorry for Your Trouble: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Upstate: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Curious Lives of Nonprofit Martyrs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReaching Inside: 50 Acclaimed Authors on 100 Unforgettable Short Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Studies In Classic American Literature Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings!Click Song: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lady Director: Adventures in Hollywood, Television and Beyond Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCity of Blows Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Novels of Iris Murdoch Volume Two: The Flight from the Enchanter, The Red and the Green, and The Time of the Angels Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAlso a Poet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When the Plums Are Ripe: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Sister's Hand in Mine: The Collected Works of Jane Bowles Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Burning Boy: The Life and Work of Stephen Crane Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Vincent and Alice and Alice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPedro Páramo Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe End of Vandalism: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFriday Black Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Double Blind: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A New Name: Septology VI-VII Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Lives of Animals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
General Fiction For You
The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Unhoneymooners Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life of Pi: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Priory of the Orange Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The City of Dreaming Books Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shantaram: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everything's Fine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nettle & Bone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The King James Version of the Bible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Candy House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ulysses: With linked Table of Contents Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Ends with Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Other Black Girl: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cabin at the End of the World: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beartown: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Meditations: Complete and Unabridged Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Canterbury Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beyond Good and Evil Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Conversations with Percival Everett
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
2 ratings1 review
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good read into the insight of a private average joe author.
Book preview
Conversations with Percival Everett - Joe Weixlmann
Na book_preview_excerpt.html uVQn6ʠ_ k(pa1bM4OJH(_Cz^GIfZH
%oyó,Wnow6]L.#^932@WΤCAΎ:rK?٘ٳoF$۰m82n.vxZwtuL\4RE'
tj
dmi8ؔlx<
2]㯖jfOM+d6QR2-yPuifޥ d3·(qa&{=GΙ3,Z-'NjH9#8,L{8WQp-
] fhÔ6Y̥4d(&&gG
4u8L1Ԧv0vZ60f/+ЀS?3$
ÄoW&D[Ͷ W?-aZHhMs @aʕ)K~X_N{WM2^$i9rQ["L}*8*^+
RZ9A rpKKp`Ax7)!^bЫ($#GE7wM:dM%OK&1/G-l@5Rؑ6- Qe
"{\t1s
!?W X6C'#z8,yɕjUYG)$Ԡ!Wx[ri@y/] _Z|k8ףvF^wʆuJ0ۼTb2_v˩h[hCPC4@oIAJ1HXZ44ߡ-giaOjXqTxPF}C-
ڐQNЀ[65T(U.Ҡ^ӕiG ;huf 5Ƃ <ԡ"I su6trrZ+{pi$߭qQڋ
dעљ0Jqhቔ4i2`|hc_wYvڼQrhj/eyFQ&tK5$CiƑQF\fKuՌ?~UGZ4T1|f7Q,& Hv\dЫY>wقX:?diYK8DS,*nneH"rκ8== hD3 LzU!TO/Wvk{%iQDABOhyDn:AF`~qM
|qS([T"mTr*VV'
0"X<ױ\䊅Y-YѰ䚬&d siBZ7_Le@r$(
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1