As part of the NPR series, "In Character," we take a look at the enslaved character, Jim, in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Was he a... Was Jim of 'Huckleberry Finn' a Hero? As part of ...

Percival Everett has breathed fierce life into one of American literature's iconic characters in James, a retelling of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Jim, the runaway slave. But language is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Waititi is currently in early negotiations to helm the upcoming film adaptation based on bestselling author Percival Everett's ...

My Jim (Crown, $19.95) is Nancy Rawles's answer to Huckleberry Finn. Where Mark Twain celebrates Huck's voice, Rawles celebrates the voice of Sadie Watson, the woman who was left behind in slavery ...

“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' by Mark Twain is one of the cornerstones of American literature. "James," a new novel by Percival Everett, takes another look at the story and brings an unheard ...

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 ...

Marcus Kwame Anderson, seen at Earthworld Comics in Albany, collaborated with author David F. Walker on “Big Jim and the White Boy.” Marcus Kwame Anderson's illustrations in "Big Jim and the White Boy ...

So, Simon and Schuster's “Blood Enriched Classics” series is dumping out another one of those shovelware “mashups” where some author improvises pulp horror-fiction nonsense on top of a ...

Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" has been praised, popular, banned and assailed since it was published in 1884. It's been called bold, lyrical and anti-racist and also a profane book ...