Monday, Sept. 14 | 7 p.m.
On Sept. 14, Finding Forward welcomes acclaimed author Percival Everett for a thought-provoking conversation around Everett's latest book James, which is a re-telling of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Be part of a special Finding Forward featuring acclaimed author Percival Everett in a thought-provoking conversation with President Rob Vischer: "James and the Power of Re-Telling." Everett’s recent novel, James, retells - or rather, tells - Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of the character Jim, whose narrative was left out of Twain’s novel. This discussion will explore how shifting narrative voice can challenge assumptions and surface new truths. Don’t miss this engaging evening of literature, insight, and dialogue on the stories that define - and redefine - us.
This Finding Forward is brought to you in partnership with the English Department in the University of St. Thomas College of Arts and Sciences.
Monday, September 14, 2026
7-8:30 p.m.
Location
James B. Woulfe Alumni Hall
3rd floor, Anderson Student Center
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul campus
2115 Summit Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105
This Finding Forward also will be livestreamed; registration opens in August.
About Our Guest
The works of Percival Everett include James, The Trees, Erasure, and Dr. No. He has been awarded the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction, a Creative Capital Award, and a Guggenheim. He has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the Booker Prize, and the PEN/Faulkner Award. He is a Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California.