Mar 26, 2024 · Lauren Michele Jackson on Percival Everett’s novel “James,” written from the perspective of Jim, who escapes enslavement in “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”

Jan 23, 2025 · Percival Everett’s “James,” a posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Adam Higginbotham’s acclaimed work about the Challenger disaster are among the nominees for National Book Critics Circle prizes. ... an excellence in reviewing prize for New York contributor Lauren Michele Jackson and a public service award ...

Jan 23, 2025 · NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's “James, ... an excellence in reviewing prize for New York contributor Lauren Michele Jackson and a public service award for author-educator Lori Lynn Turner.

Jan 23, 2025 · The recipient of the 2024 Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing is Lauren Michele Jackson, a contributing writer for The New Yorker and author of the White Negros. ... James by Percival Everett (Doubleday) My Friends by Hisham Matar (Random House) Us Fools by Nora Lange ...

Jun 28, 2022 · Lauren Michele Jackson approaches her writing projects as journeys she hopes will be fun to go on. The expansiveness of her subjects is evidence enough. As multifarious as they are compelling, each essay is united by her interest in what she calls the “aesthetics of so-called black affects.”

Apr 4, 2022 · Percival Everett’s Philosophical Reply to “Huckleberry Finn” In his new novel, “James,” Everett explores how an emblem of American slavery can write himself into being. By Lauren Michele...

Jan 23, 2025 · Percival Everett’s “James,” a posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Adam Higginbotham’s acclaimed work about the Challenger disaster are among the nominees for National Book Critics Circle prizes ... an excellence in reviewing prize for New York contributor Lauren Michele Jackson and a public service award ...

The New Yorker - "James" by Percival Everett Illustration for New Yorker Magazine’s Book Review by Lauren Michele Jackson of Percival Everett’s latest novel, “James,” A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, told from the enslaved Jim’s point of …

Nov 22, 2021 · The first of which drops this December and—per the stylishly charming video below—is the “Attention” issue, and will feature writing by Hafizah Geter, Lauren Michele Jackson, Elissa Gabbert (and more), along with conversations with Black Thought, Percival Everett, Matthew Jeon, and…

Percival Everett’s Philosophical Reply to “Huckleberry Finn” In his new novel, “James,” Everett explores how an emblem of American slavery can write himself into being. March 26, 2024