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molecoledigiorni · 4 months

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Le ferite sono una verità necessaria dell’esistenza. Non fanno necessariamente male o bene. Ci sono e basta. A volte guariscono. A volte rimangono ferite. Sono le scelte che facciamo giorno per giorno a determinare chi siamo.

- Percival Everett

#percival everett #ferite #citazioni #motivazioni

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james-joyces-right-eyeball · 4 months

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Favorite Books I Read in 2023

Not including rereads and in no particular order, here are the books I loved the most this year.

Titles & Authors, from top left to bottom:

Fluids by May Leitz

Nevada by Imogen Binnie

Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson

Perfume: Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind

Valencia by Michelle Tea

The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

Ada, or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov

Summer by Edith Wharton

"The Echo & the Nemesis", "Life is No Abyss", "The Interior Castle", "Bad Characters", and "In the Zoo" by Jean Stafford

Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill

Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo

Crash by J.G. Ballard

I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Conde

Erasure by Percival Everett

Persuasion by Jane Austen

White Noise by Don DeLillo

Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles

The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

Ghosts of my Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology, & Lost Futures by Mark Fisher

Girl Flesh by May Leitz

Here's to a new year, full of great reading!

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tinyreviews · 2 months

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Movie Review: American Fiction 2023. Sarcastic wit. Hilarious punchline. Must Watch!

I gave this movie a pass at first. But the hype from the Oscars made me watch it and I enjoyed this movie a lot! For a comedy, it dealt with quite a lot of serious topics. The last act is kinda messy but the punchline hit right.

It’s a clever story. The structure is clever. The characters are clever. The dialog is clever. The ending is hilarious. MUST WATCH!

Did you find the movie (and dialog) clever? I like the sister, Lisa, a lot!

American Fiction is a 2023 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Cord Jefferson, in his feature directorial debut. Based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, it stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, and Keith David.

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twiststreet · 9 months

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#Percival Everett #dr no

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macrolit · 1 year

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I want a readership that wants to read things because the work is difficult, not because it's only fun. I want the fun to be in figuring it out.

Percival Everett, American writer and Professor of English (UCLA)

#percival everett #writer #read #reading #readership #literature #professor #quotes #quote

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jacobwren · 4 months

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“Everybody talks about genocides around the world, but when the killing is slow and spread over a hundred years, no one notices. Where there are no mass graves, no one notices. American outrage is always for show. It has a shelf life.” ― Percival Everett, The Trees

#percival everett

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camillasgirl · 2 years

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Queen Camilla attends a reception ahead of the presentation of the Booker Prize at the Roundhouse, London, 17.10.2022

#queen Camilla #annabel elliot #dua lipa #Neil MacGregor #Percival Everett #Shehan Karunatilaka #Claire Keegan #Natascha McElhone #someone's looking hot

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pacingmusings · 4 months

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Seen in 2023:

American Fiction (Cord Jefferson), 2023

#films #movies #stills #American Fiction #Cord Jefferson #Jeffrey Wright #2020s #adaptations #novels #books #Erasure #Percival Everett #seen in 2023

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mrdirtybear · 14 days

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American author Percival Everett (born 1956) is the writer of twenty four books, including novels, novellas, and short stories, and six books of poetry. He is the highly rated Professor of English at the University of Southern California and is presently famous for his latest book 'James', which retells the story of Huckleberry Finn, but from the point of view of runaway slave, Jim, who follows Huck as he escapes his alcoholic father, where Mark Twain's account is from Finn's perspective.

#percival everett #a bookish beard

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macmanx · 22 days

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A young Black musician is heckled by a group of white fraternity brothers, asking him to play "Dixie." His response surprises everyone, including himself.

#racism #healing #cultural appropriation #the appropriation of cultures #percival everett #levar burton #levar burton reads #podcast

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j-ayne · 1 year

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Obsessed with this book

#booklr #bookblr #percival everett #currently reading

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andreabadgley · 1 month

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Book with brownie and little flowery dish, both made by our daughter ❤️.

#books #the trees #percival everett

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byronicreader · 2 years

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When I write the names they become real, not just statistics. When I write the names they become real again. It’s almost like they get a few more seconds here. Do you know what I mean? I would never be able to make up this many names. The names have to be real. They have to be real. Don’t they?

- The Trees, Percival Everett.

#booker prize longlist 2022 #booker prize #the trees quote #percival everett #american southwest #hate crimes #racial crimes #lynching #black lives matter

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mediamatinees · 1 year

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Erasure, The Boondocks, and Blackness in America

The problem with satire is that it depends on the audience to get the joke.

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#aaron mcgruder #erasure #huey freeman #percival everett #precious #push #sapphire #the boondocks #Spotify

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doormouseetcappendix · 2 years

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My Summer Audiobook Log pt 10

The Trees (2021) by Percival Everett read by Bill Andrew Quinn

Moon Witch, Spider King (2022) by Marlon James read by Bahni Turpin

Rosewater (2016) by Tade Thompson read by Bayo Gbadamosi

Peaces (2021) by Helen Oyeyemi read by Ben Allen, Intae Kim, Deana Taheri, Rosa Escorda, and Deepti Gutpa

Sorrowland (2021) by Rivers Solomon read by Karen Chilton

Noor (2021) by Nnedi Okorafor read by Dele Ogundiran

Flowers From The Sea (2021) by Zin E. Rocklyn read by Amina Koroma

The Black God’s Drums (2018) by P. Djelia Clark read by Chani Waites

The Memory Librarian & And Other Stories Of Dirty Computer (2022) by Janelle Monae, Alaya Dawn, Danny Lore, Eve L. Ewing, Yohanca Delgado, and Sheree Renee Thomas. Read by Janelle Monae and Bahni Turpin.

Black Stars: A Galaxy Of New Worlds (2022) by Chimamanada Ngozi Adiche, Nnedi Okorafor, Nisi Shawl, C.T. Rwizi, Nalo Hopkinson, and Victor LaValle. Read by Levar Burton, Naomi Ackie, Nyambi Nyambi, Indya Moore, Brian Tyree Henry

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theloverspeaks · 1 year

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percival everett interview in the paris review, 2017

#percival everett #the paris review #on writing #bookblr

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