James by Percival Everett
Schedule
Sun, 21 Sep, 2025 at 11:30 am
UTC-05:00Location
Noelridge Park | Cedar Rapids, IA
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*The potluck originally planned for this summer will tentatively be held at September’s meeting.---
Book synopsis from Goodreads:
"When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
Brimming with nuanced humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a literary icon, this brilliant and tender novel radically illuminates Jim's agency, intelligence, and compassion as never before. James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first-century American literature."
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Where is it happening?
Noelridge Park, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
