Join us for an evening with Percival Everett, National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of James.

A Distinguished Professor of English at USC and the author of more than thirty books, Everett is one of the most inventive and incisive writers in contemporary literature. His genre-bending work challenges readers to reconsider what it truly means to be human and demonstrates the power of literature to change the way we see the world.

University of Kentucky Libraries and the Lexington Public Library are thrilled to bring this American literary icon to Lexington.

Please join us at 6 p.m., Tuesday, October 13 at the Kentucky Theatre.

The event is free and open to the public. This event is sold out, though we invite you to add your name to our waiting list if tickets become available.

The annual Clements Lecture-Symposium honors the legacy of Earle C. Clements, who served as governor of Kentucky and represented the state in the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate. The event is made possible by the generous gifts of Clements’ daughter, Bess Clements Abell, her husband Tyler Abell, and their two sons, Dan and Lyndon.