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Percival Everett has established himself as one of the most inventive and incisive writers in contemporary American literature. He is a Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. His award-winning books include Dr. No, The Trees, Telephone and James. American Fiction, the feature film based on his novel Erasure, won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the writer Danzy Senna.

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Serious Music

Serious Music

March 2, 2027

Standalone Fiction

Suder

Suder

Walk Me to the Distance

Walk Me to the Distance

Cutting Lisa

Cutting Lisa

The Weather and Women Treat Me Fair

The Weather and Women Treat Me Fair

Zulus

Zulus

For Her Dark Skin

For Her Dark Skin

Grand Canyon, Incla

Grand Canyon, Incla

Novella
God's Country

God's Country

Watershed

Watershed

Big Picture: Stories

Big Picture: Stories

Short story collection
Frenzy

Frenzy

Glyph

Glyph

Erasure

Erasure

A History of the African-American People

A History of the African-American People

Damned If I Do: Stories

Damned If I Do: Stories

Short story collection
Wounded

Wounded

The Water Cure

The Water Cure

American Desert

American Desert

I Am Not Sidney Poitier

I Am Not Sidney Poitier

Assumption

Assumption

Percival Everett by Virgil Russell

Percival Everett by Virgil Russell

Half an Inch of Water

Half an Inch of Water

Short story collection
So Much Blue

So Much Blue

Two Stories

Two Stories

Short story collection
The Book of Training by Colonel Hap Thompson of Roanoke, VA, 1843

The Book of Training by Colonel Hap Thompson of Roanoke, VA, 1843

Telephone

Telephone

The Trees

The Trees

Dr. No

Dr. No

James

James

Serious Music

Serious Music

Works of Poetry

re: f

re: f

Swimming Swimmers Swimming

Swimming Swimmers Swimming

Trout's Lie

Trout's Lie

Sonnets for a Missing Key

Sonnets for a Missing Key

Children & Middle Grade Books

The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

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