I bought and read this book because of this interview. It was brilliant, and I’ve been recommending it to as many people as possible.

@ninastone9054

2 ай бұрын

I am interested in it as well. I think I might grab a copy

"I can't change this cultural tsunami that happened 400 years ago, and the waters of it are still waiting to recede." That was so deep. Sounds like I have some new audiobooks I need to listen to.

@MamaTreNiner

2 ай бұрын

Brilliantly worded...RESPECT!!! 🏆

@nietzschean3138

2 ай бұрын

It's not deep at all.

This is one of the best author profiles I've seen in a while on the show. Gained a fan and I'm going to check out the new novel.

@maryannecarlson5665

2 ай бұрын

I agree. I am thrilled by this piece about one of my favorite authors.

My takeaway: I wish this man was my friend. I could listen to him talk forever. Wonderful writer, smart and funny. And so dignified.

“James” is a book that lives up to the hype. 😎📚👍

What an amazing interview with an accomplished and artist man. Wow!

@aishabintabubakr4944

2 ай бұрын

His work is trash

That's nice Percival finally had a breakthrough with American Fiction (exploring other characters povs in novels and language a good angle). Will check him out. 🎉

@aishabintabubakr4944

2 ай бұрын

Why? He gets triggered over children's book that preached AGAINST racism.

I normally don't go for abstract but for some reason I like his paintings. This guy is a real renaissance man.

@MamaTreNiner

2 ай бұрын

You can find something interesting and different every time you view some of them...Intriguing!!! 🏆👍🏾

@aishabintabubakr4944

2 ай бұрын

Interesting....you like supporting racists

@MamaTreNiner

2 ай бұрын

@@aishabintabubakr4944 Care to explain HOW he's a "racist"?

@celestialnubian

2 ай бұрын

@@MamaTreNiner Don't respond to him. He's a useless troll. We just thumb people like that down and keep it moving.

@aishabintabubakr4944

2 ай бұрын

@@MamaTreNiner Hmmm....maybe in "The Trees" how he endorsed the murdering of white people Emitt Till-style.....(or was that just his humor)

The Trees was brilliant. Just picked up James and can't wait to read it.

Adding him to my authors list.

@aishabintabubakr4944

2 ай бұрын

The crazy guy screaming on his fentanyl overdose is a better writer....imagine being triggered over a book written in 1885....he's got some level of self-loathing.

@marydawkins4190

2 ай бұрын

@@aishabintabubakr4944 2 things: If the message of the book is something that has not really ended, just continues in evolved form, then it's worth being upset. Is it any different than being triggered or judging others based on a book written 2000 years ago and not even by the alleged author?

Half an Inch of Water is the title of one of Everett's short stories collections. It's great.

I love Percival Everett! Erasure introduced me to his genius. Looking forward to reading James!

All that success he's had with animals is a result of the fact that animals can tell the character of people. Super story!!!

Mellow gentleman. Beautiful dogs.😌

Now I need to read his books.

Animals tell no fibs, he was right on that one.

Perceival's words have heart and humor. His books seem to have wisdom and wit.

@aishabintabubakr4944

2 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, "My fiction is in the Afro-American philosophy section? The only thing black about this book is the ink!" Brilliant. ROTFL.... Brilliant

Finally a guy who gets it. It's not the word, (the N word) but the intention and meaning behind it.

Profound

Very well represented show. The conversation doesn't race but stays with the listeners.

What a wonderful human being. Love his writing, his humour and honesty

One of my all-time favorite novels is "Texaco" by Martinican author Patrick Chamoiseau. Both Everett and Chamoiseau have adeptly mastered the art of addressing diverse and distinctly sensitive subject matter while skillfully infusing it with humor.

Wonderful!!

Hopefully Percival will connect with Jim's Journey in Hannibal, Missouri that chronicles Black Life in that town before & after Mark Twain's writing. James is part of the exhibit 💜

@aishabintabubakr4944

2 ай бұрын

The story wasn't about Jim, but Huck; yet Percival Everett is triggered by Huck Finn. Huck Finn was boring af and Mark Twain sucks as an author, so to be triggered by it demonstrates how insecure he is in his skin. Everett shoukd be laughed at

Great video.

Wow what a confident person.

Does anyone know the place or gallery of the art show by him? I will love to see it.

I never had an animal lie to me. Exactly ❤💯

one of the best book on race i've ever read - and its current- is Euel Arden's Down Here in the Warmth. its also a great depiction of what a current day "civil war" might look like. takes place in nyc. How can you go wrong with militia on the streets of manhattan. to quote this video - "if you're offended by strong language you've been warned." (the very first word of the book is the "N' word, he said in an interview he purposely did it as a protest against the banning of Huck Finn for its use of the word)

I like this guys style, people are horrible and I myself limit my interactions with them at times.

I must have read "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer three times at least as a child, the only book I read more was "The Hobbit" I never cared for Huck Finn, it just didn't click well. Nevertheless the when the scary "N word" was banned it infuriated with me as those who were banning it, did not understand the context to which it was used, nor the story or intentions itself. Thank you for htis interview, I am going to check out James and see it from the other perspective although I never found Huck Finn rascist at all. I want to note that if you have not read anything from Fredrick Douglas, you're doing yourself a great disfavor.

@nicholasschroeder3678

2 ай бұрын

Read Library of America's Douglass cover to cover. Read Huck Finn again. It satirizes much more than slavery and consider whether Huck isn't a deeply sad character.

He’s dope😊❤

@aishabintabubakr4944

2 ай бұрын

You're right. He is a dope

I loved the movie American fiction and currently reading God’s country.

Silly to have anothers 'perspective' of a CLASSIC!!!

@lazymp9046

2 ай бұрын

The vast majority of 'classics' are a retelling of an earlier classic, fable, proverb, Greek myth, origin story, or otherwise borrowed or told from a different perspective. Kinda the whole point of literature really.

@celestialnubian

2 ай бұрын

@@lazymp9046 He's just a troll who probably never read Twain.

🏆💯👍🏾

Only the wealthy and powerful can be seen and heard. The remaining 96% stay invisible. As an award-winning yet utterly ignored and unknown author, I should know. 💪😎✌️

@aishabintabubakr4944

2 ай бұрын

Humility is not his strong suit

Africa Black Children Death Hunger Famine No Ship Food Truck Air Drops Hospitals Ambulance Electricity Humanitarian Aid In 2023 , an estimated 6.3 million children under five died, 2.9 million of them in the WHO African Region. This is equivalent to five children under 5 years of age dying every minute. Two thirds of these deaths can be attributed to preventable causes. A third of all these deaths are in the neonatal period. 2:36

I like 😍 him! 😂❤A fellow misanthrope 😂

Race is indeed a money maker but sometimes just move on for a great America again. Not race hate

CBS please talk about the out of control OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING for k-12 teachers that's why we have teacher shortages I'm the author of EIGHT DAYS IN AN INNER CITY SCHOOL

Erasure is an amazing reading…. unfortunately the movie sucks

The usual from black authors, same with other one note/one issue authors. Not able to create anything themselves so bastardise and piggyback off others, using cultural resentiment as fuel.

Sure, another whiner stuck in the past. You should have name the bird get and education and a job, which is more to the heart of the issues. Boo hoo everyone hates me!