Percival Everett is the author of nearly twenty novels, three collections of short fiction, and two volumes of poetry. Among his novels are Assumption (Graywolf, 2011), I Am Not Sidney Poitier (2009), The Water Cure (2008), Wounded, Glyph, Erasure, American Desert, For Her Dark Skin, Zulus, Cutting Lisa, Watershed, and God’s Country. Swimming Swimmers Swimming is his newest collection of poems (Red Hen Press, 2011). He has worked as a musician, a horse trainer, and a teacher. He lives with his wife and two sons in Los Angeles.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Assumption (2011)
Swimming Swimmers Swimming (2010)
I Am Not Sidney Poitier (2009)
The Water Cure (2007)
re:f (gesture) (2006)
Wounded (2005)
A History of the African-American people (proposed) by Strom Thurmond, as told to Percival Everett and James Kincaid (with James Kincaid) (2004)
Damned if I do (2004)
American desert (2004)
Grand Canyon, Inc. (2001)
Erasure (2001)
Glyph (1999)
Frenzy (1997)
Watershed (1996)
Big picture (1996)
God’s Country (1994)
The One That Got Away (1992)
Zulus (1990)
For Her Dark Skin (1990)
The Weather and Women Treat Me Fair (1987)
Cutting Lisa (1986)
Walk Me to the Distance (1985)
Suder (1983)
Assumption (2011)
Swimming Swimmers Swimming (2010)
I Am Not Sidney Poitier (2009)
The Water Cure (2007)
re:f (gesture) (2006)
Wounded (2005)
A History of the African-American people (proposed) by Strom Thurmond, as told to Percival Everett and James Kincaid (with James Kincaid) (2004)
Damned if I do (2004)
American desert (2004)
Grand Canyon, Inc. (2001)
Erasure (2001)
Glyph (1999)
Frenzy (1997)
Watershed (1996)
Big picture (1996)
God’s Country (1994)
The One That Got Away (1992)
Zulus (1990)
For Her Dark Skin (1990)
The Weather and Women Treat Me Fair (1987)
Cutting Lisa (1986)
Walk Me to the Distance (1985)
Suder (1983)
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Oscar Casares · 11/6/14
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Ron Riekki · 9/25/14
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Domingo Martinez · 4/24/14
Scott Russell Sanders · 3/27/14
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Elizabeth Hand · 9/5/13
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Mat Johnson · 10/10/12
Paisley Rekdal · 9/27/12
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