When the Sh*t Hits the Fan: A Conversation with Percival Everett
Percival Everett discusses his newest work, THE BOOK OF TRAINING BY COLONEL HAP THOMPSON.
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Join NOW!Percival Everett discusses his newest work, THE BOOK OF TRAINING BY COLONEL HAP THOMPSON.
...more“It was about showing people taking, or denying, responsibility.”
...moreI am not willing to let go of one of the only things that truly belong to my people and me. It’s a very exclusive, very tumultuous kind of privilege.
...moreI wanted so badly to invest in the characters, to cry and feel their pain, but I felt detached.
...moreIn 12 Years a Slave, a period piece transforms into drama without distance and intellectual arguments about slavery’s connection to the present.
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