Percival Everett

Novelist, satirist, and author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning James, Percival Everett has spent four decades upending expectations of what American fiction can be, and what a Black writer is “supposed” to write. In a sharp, funny, and wide-ranging conversation, Everett will discuss the curiosity and irreverence behind more than thirty books, the journey of Erasure to the Oscar-winning film American Fiction, and his belief that a good story should unsettle us as much as it entertains.

Tickets on sale:

• Members, December 1, 2026
• Public, December 4, 2026