Percival Everett
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Percival Leonard Everett II is an American author and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. He has described himself as "pathologically ironic" and has explored numerous genres such as western fiction, mysteries, thrillers, satire and philosophical fiction.
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There are two ways to approach the race thing.
On the term “Black writers” in “Percival Everett, The Art of Fiction No. 235” in The Paris Review (Summer 2017)
The interesting thing about irony for me is that real irony is far more sincere than earnestness. To accept the absurdity of a situation is to accept the humanness of it.
On irony versus humor in “Coming Home from Irony: An Interview with Percival Everett, Author of ‘So Much Blue’” in Los Angeles Review of
I have no desire to offer a political message in a novel. An artist cannot hide from her or his political beliefs; they will be in the work.
On the avoidance of a political message in his works in “Coming Home from Irony: An Interview with Percival Everett, Author of ‘So Much
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Percival Leonard Everett II is an American author and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. He has described himself as "pathologically ironic" and has explored numerous genres such as western fiction, mysteries, thrillers, satire and philosophical fiction. His books are often satirical, aimed at exploring race and identity issues in the United States.
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