As part of the NPR series, "In Character," we take a look at the enslaved character, Jim, in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Was he a... Was Jim of 'Huckleberry Finn' a Hero? As part of ...

Percival Everett has breathed fierce life into one of American literature's iconic characters in James, a retelling of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Jim, the runaway slave. But language is ...

“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' by Mark Twain is one of the cornerstones of American literature. "James," a new novel by Percival Everett, takes another look at the story and brings an unheard ...

Marcus Kwame Anderson, seen at Earthworld Comics in Albany, collaborated with author David F. Walker on “Big Jim and the White Boy.” Marcus Kwame Anderson's illustrations in "Big Jim and the White Boy ...

Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" has been praised, popular, banned and assailed since it was published in 1884. It's been called bold, lyrical and anti-racist and also a profane book ...

(The Conversation) – James, the new novel by Percival Everett, is a stunning book which I relished long after finishing. It is the sort of book you need to tell all your friends about – and you know ...

Last month, author Percival Everett put on a tuxedo to attend the Academy Awards with his wife, novelist Danzy Senna. First-time filmmaker Cord Jefferson, who adapted Everett’s 2001 novel “Erasure” to ...

The man called Jim has always been the hero of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Mark Twain might have titled the book, often considered to be the Great American Novel, after the white boy who is ...

Very few characters in American history have captured the American zeitgeist like Tom Sawyer. First published in 1876, Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer quickly became a household novel that ...

BIANNA GOLODRYGA, SENIOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS ANALYST: Well, now, our next guest is making a splash in popular culture. The work of Percival Everett was plunged into the spotlight when his novel, “Erasure,” ...