An executive order permitting Blacks to enlist in the Minnesota National Guard for the first time in the history of the state was signed by Governor Youngdahl. 1924 – 100 years ago The current ...

The 75th National Book Awards celebrated with a ceremony, comedy from Kate McKinnon and music from Jon Batiste. Percival ...

James is a retelling of Mark Twain’s Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Huck’s companion, an enslaved man named James. Read more at straitstimes.com.

USC professor Percival Everett wins the National Book Award for Fiction for 'James,' a retelling of 'Huckleberry Finn' from the character Jim's point of view.

Kate McKinnon hosted the 2024 National Book Awards, which honored authors Percival Everett, Barbara Kingsolver, and Jason De León, among others.

The year’s best memoirs, biographies, history and more, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.

Comedian and author Kate McKinnon, Jon Batiste, Barbara Kingsolver and Percival Everett were among the performers and ...

Percival Everett’s “James" won the National Book Award for fiction. For nonfiction, Jason De León’s “Soldiers and Kings: ...

Everett's "James," a daring reworking of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," won the National Book Award for fiction.

Everett, a Brown University alum, was joined by winners in nonfiction, poetry, books in translation, and books for children.

Asher Wertheimer was a Jewish tycoon who asked John Singer Sargent to paint him. The results are strange, slippery—and some ...