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Percival Everett

Literature expert specializing in American studies and critical theory
  • Distinguished Professor of English
  • USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Office: (213) 740-3743
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Expertise

  • literature and culture of contemporary American West
  • theory of the novel
  • literary theory
  • race and the publishing industry

Additional Information

  • Winner of PEN USA Literary Award, 2006-2007
  • Author of more than 10 books, including Erasure (2001), Grand Canyon, Inc. (2001) and Frenzy (1997)
  • Recipient, Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Erasure (2002)