Articles tagged "percival everett"Books ReviewI Am Not Sidney Poitier by Percival Everettby Michael Buening[23.Jul.09] :. By saying Not is not Sidney Poitier, the reader is tempted to compare him to Sidney Poitier just as the characters do, when the author is pointedly saying that we shouldn’t. ![]() Books ReviewIn the United States of Africa by Abdourahman A. Waberiby Ryan Michael Williams[2.Mar.09] :. In David and Nicole Ball’s translation, Waberi’s prose reads as both riotously funny and lyrically lush, offering big laughs as well as multifaceted subtleties of expression. ![]() Books ReviewThe Water Cure by Percival Everettby Andrew Ervin [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][5.Dec.07] :. Percival Everett, an innovative writer of contemporary fiction, tells a story violent and crude, yet captivating in The Water Cure. |
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