Erasure (novel)
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Erasure is a 2001 novel by American writer Percival Everett. It was originally published by the University Press of New England. The novel satirizes the dominant strains of discussion related to the p
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American Fiction (film)
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American Fiction is a 2023 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Cord Jefferson in his feature directorial debut. Based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, it follows a frustra
Erasure (novel)
…strains of discussion related to the publication and reception of African-American literature, and was later adapted by Cord Jefferson into a film titled American Fiction, starring Jeffrey Wright. Erasure's protagonist, Thelonious "Monk" Ellison, named after the American jazz pianist of the same name, a professor of…
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Cord Jefferson made his directorial debut with American Fiction.
Jeffrey Wright by Gage Skidmore 3
Tracee Ellis Rossby Erik Melvin