A BIG HAPPY Congratulations to PERCIVAL EVERETT on his Pulitzer Prize for Fiction win … for ‘JAMES.’ Last summer, Everett’s book was one of our top favorites on our Summer Reading Roundup list. Repost from @bittersoutherner • James By Percival Everett A SUMMER READING ROUNDUP 2024 selection. ( 3 of 25 ) Language is power, helping us make meaning and even hide or protest in plain sight. Those who possess language can travel freely. Wresting a book of knowledge away from others can be deadly. In James, Percival Everett boldly reimagines The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the character Jim’s perspective. In this telling, enslaved people are literate and speak their minds in private but dumb down or silence their conversations when white folks are present. The creative premise of 19th-century code-switching does not overshadow the storytelling; I quickly became wholly immersed, marveling at absurd situations one moment, then despairing when I arrived at a passage in the book about a fallen traveler. In 2023, Percival Everett’s book Erasure was adapted into the Oscar-winning film American Fiction, introducing him to a broader audience. Link to our summer reading list in profile! SUMMER READING ROUNDUP 2024 Compiled by @alisonlawatl 📚♥️