In the late 19th century, Mark Twain was arguably the most famous author in the world, with classics like “The Adventures of ...

Percival Everett’s 2024 novel “James” is an important book, especially for those who want to expand their thinking about Mark ...

Ron Chernow confirms the Twain's literary mastery but contends that the most important character he ever created was his own.

The Russian opposition leader, who died in mysterious circumstances in a penal colony last year, has been honoured at a ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow is known for writing massive biographies of the country’s most enduring figures, ...

Adaptations of classic works are tricky. In taking another crack at The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Jane Eyre or Anne of ...

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Chernow specializes in big American lives. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of George Washington, and another of his ...

Before Monday, “James” had already won the National Book Award, the Kirkus Prize and the Carnegie Medal for fiction. His racial and publishing satire “Erasure,” released in 2001 ...

Percival Everett's novel James, his radical re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective ... This combination of images shows cover art for Native Nations: A ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's novel "James,” his radical reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of ... Before Monday, “James” had already won the National Book ...

Beyond the journalism categories, Percival Everett received a Pulitzer for the novel “James,” a reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ... rights to the book last year.