{"footnote":"\u003Cp\u003E  It bears mentioning that, if Percival Everett\u0026rsquo;s novels were shelved in the \u0026lsquo;African-American Literature\u0026rsquo; sections of America\u0026rsquo;s chain stores, it might have been because of the author\u0026rsquo;s photo on the  dust jackets. \u003Cem class=\u0022emphasisClass\u0022\u003EI Am Not Sidney Poitier\u003C\/em\u003E features a new author\u0026rsquo;s photo: Everett is shot from behind, with a crow sitting on his shoulder. His race is indeterminable.\u003C\/p\u003E\n","audio":[],"video":[]}