Percival Everett’s ‘James’ is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner prize for fiction
“James,” Percival Everett ’s acclaimed reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. Everett’s version of Mark Twain’s classic, now narrated by the enslaved title character, already won the National Book Award, the Kirkus Prize and the Carnegie Medal for fiction. The other nominees announced Monday are ’Pemi Aguda’s “Ghostroots,” Susan […]
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
In my old neighborhood, one, two or even three Ring notifications came through each day, exclaiming, “There’s a fox on Gerba Drive!” The frantic messages were from a homeowner who had moved from an urban area into a newly developed subdivision in the “country.” I’ll admit that I, too, adopted a sense of anxiety about […]
The U.S. Crypto Reserve Explained: What It Means for Digital Finance
The U.S. has announced steps toward the creation of a new reserve for cryptocurrency to bolster national dominance in digital assets. This initiative appears to be slated to encompass the most familiar cryptocurrencies and some lesser known cryptocurrencies as well. Which cryptocurrencies are included in the U.S. crypto reserve? Following a January executive order, the […]
