Re f (Gesture)

Percival Everett grew up in South Carolina and attended the University of Miami as well as the University of Oregon, where he did graduate work in philosophy. He has an MFA in writing from Brown University. Professor Everett researches American studies and critical theory and creates his own works of fiction, including 15 novels and collections. He recently won the 2002 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for his novel Erasure, a satiric indictment of race and publishing in America. He has published fifteen books, including For Her Dark Skin, Zulus, The Weather and The Women Treat Me Fair, Cutting Lisa, Walk Me to the Distance, Suder, The One That Got Away, Watershed, God's Country, Erasure and a story collection, Big Picture. He has taught at Bennington College, The University of Wyoming and the University of California at Riverside and is currently at the University of Southern California. Everett and his wife, Francesca, live in LA as well as a ranch in California and a house on Vancouver Island.Everett, Percival is the author of 'Re f (Gesture)', published 2006 under ISBN 9781597090575 and ISBN 1597090573.