I recently had a chance to go see and hear Percival Everett “in conversation” at an event here in Charleston, South Carolina where I live. I could have gone, my schedule was free (it’s always free), but I didn’t go, and I’ve been wondering why. In 2017, writing in my column at the Chicago Tribune I declared Everett the most interesting writer working today, a sentiment I’d held for years before I put it publicly into print.