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Save the date! More details to follow. Novelist Percival Everett will visit Marygrove as the 36th Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series guest. He will deliver the Bauder Lecture at 8 pm on April 25, 2025.
Professor Everett is the author of 24 novels, including Erasure, the basis for the Oscar award-winning film American Fiction. His most recent novel, James, is a reinterpretation of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of the runaway slave Jim. James has recently been #1 on the New York Times best-seller list, and Erasure is # 20 on the Times list of best books of the 21st century.
The Chicago Tribune calls Everett "our current Great American Novelist.” Everett is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern Californettia.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Marygrove Conservancy, 8514 McNichols Rd W, Detroit, MI 48221-2570, United States,Detroit, Michigan, Highland Park
