Sunday • May 4 • 4 PM • Wheelchair accessible
UCSC Quarry Amphitheater • Santa Cruz • Free
Winner of the 2024 National Book Award, James is a reimagining of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Everett’s novel is a fugitive slave narrative told from the perspective of Twain’s enslaved character as he fights for freedom and dignity in an undignified world. Together, we’ll consider how Everett depicts the possibility of humanity in this novel about the brutality of slavery, the performance of race, and the value of language and literacy.
Everett will be in conversation with UCSC Professor of Literature and Deep Read Faculty Co-Lead, Vilashini Cooppan.
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Showing Up for Racial Justice-Santa Cruz County, CA 