{"id":22229,"date":"2024-11-20T19:30:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T03:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/?p=22229"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:48:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:48:59","slug":"percival-everett-wins-national-book-award-for-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/percival-everett-wins-national-book-award-for-james\/","title":{"rendered":"USC Dornsife\u2019s Percival Everett wins National Book Award for\u00a0&#8216;James&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/11\/everett_ntlbookaward_top-768x432.png\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/11\/everett_ntlbookaward_top-1920x1080.png 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/11\/everett_ntlbookaward_top-1280x720.png 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/11\/everett_ntlbookaward_top-768x432.png 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Composite includes a portrait of Percival Everett, the cover of his novel \u2018James\u2019 and the National Book Award emblem\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Booker Prize finalist Percival Everett captured the 2024 National Book Award for fiction for his novel <em>James<\/em>.  (Image source: Double Day; National Book Foundation.)\n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=faculty\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/nav>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>USC Dornsife\u2019s Percival Everett wins National Book Award for\u00a0&#8216;James&#8217;<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"subtitle\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Celebrated author and Distinguished Professor of English earns one of the literary world\u2019s top honors for his reimagining of a classic American tale.\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n           <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span><a 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href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/percival-everett\/\">Percival Everett<\/a>, acclaimed USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences professor, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 National Book Award in the fiction category for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/738749\/james-by-percival-everett\/\"><em>James<\/em><\/a>, a re-imagining of Mark Twain\u2019s <em>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This marks another extraordinary milestone in a year of accolades for Everett, who recently received the Kirkus Prize for <em>James<\/em> and was shortlisted for the <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookerprizes.com\/the-booker-library\/books\/james\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Booker Prize<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In his acceptance speech, Everett\u2019s quiet, self-deprecating humor came through. \u201cI want to thank the National Book Foundation and the judges for putting their reputations on the line here,\u201d he said, before thanking his editors, publishers, publicist and agent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I have to thank my teenage sons, Henry and Myles, whose near complete apathy about my career helps me keep things in perspective,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd as always, my best friend and wife, Danzy Senna.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In its review of <em>James<\/em>, <em>The New York Times<\/em> praised the book as \u201cEverett\u2019s most thrilling novel, but also his most soulful. Beneath the wordplay, and below the packed dirt floor of Everett\u2019s moral sensibility, James is an intensely imagined human being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With more than 30 published books, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfpress.org\/books\/erasure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Erasure<\/em><\/a> \u2014 which was adapted into an Academy Award-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/today.usc.edu\/usc-dornsife-distinguished-professor-percival-everett-is-ready-for-hollywoods-big-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">film<\/a> \u2014 Everett\u2019s influence spans genres and generations. Known for its sharp, satirical take on race and the publishing industry, <em>Erasure<\/em> helped to establish Everett as a vital voice in American literature and was named by <em>The New York Times<\/em> as one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/books\/best-books-21st-century.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6k0.40sZ.jbh48iEMRMCX&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best books of the 21st century<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a Distinguished Professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/engl\/\">English<\/a> at USC Dornsife, Everett has been recognized throughout his career with honors including the Arts and Letters Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle. He is also a Guggenheim Fellow and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, cementing his reputation as one of the most versatile and respected voices in contemporary literature.<\/p>\n<p>Everett\u2019s achievement is one of several recent honors awarded to USC Dornsife English professors whose books have garnered widespread acclaim. His colleagues, including Pulitzer Prize winner <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/usc-dornsifes-viet-thanh-nguyen-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-fiction\/\">Viet Thanh Nguyen<\/a> and celebrated author <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/maggie-nelson-elected-to-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences\/\">Maggie Nelson<\/a>, both of whom <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/nyt-best-books-of-the-21st-century-everett-nelson-nguyen\/\">had books named<\/a> to <em>The New York Times<\/em> list of the best books of the 21st century, exemplify the depth of talent and scholarly excellence that defines USC Dornsife\u2019s English department. Together, they continue to shape contemporary literary discourse, inspiring readers and the next generation of writers and scholars alike.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s Note: Jim Key contributed to this article.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-related-stories \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-related-stories\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Related Articles\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n                  <article>\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/usc-dornsife-graduate-wins-us-innovation-competition-heads-to-world-final\/\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >USC Dornsife graduate wins US innovation competition, heads 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