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Podcast: Capehart
Episode: Percival Everett on reimagining ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’
Description: Acclaimed author Percival Everett joins The Post’s Jonathan Capehart for a conversation about Everett’s latest novel, “James,” which reexamines Jim from Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” in an attempt to give the character “control of his own story.” Everett also tackles the issue of book bans across the country, Twain’s use of the n-word in his literature and why Everett believes “it belongs there.”
Conversation recorded on Thursday, April 25, 2024.