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Tag Archives: Huckleberry Finn
Town Between the Rivers: Cairo, Illinois
A blue-coated rider appeared atop the riverbank above the steamer Belle Memphis. Rebels massed in the cornfield behind him fired volleys that whistled by the horseman, whanged through the tall smokestacks, and thudded into the vessel’s superstructure. Hundreds of Iowa … Continue reading
Ursula Le Guin, Huckleberry Finn, and Monument Controversies
In class last week, I was talking with my writing students about assumptions we, as writers, sometimes make about our audiences. (Moral of the story: We, as writers, should not make assumptions about our readers.) For the day’s reading, I … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Memory, Monuments
Tagged Confederate monuments, Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, monumental-discussion, Monuments, Ursula Le Guin
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