Tag Archives: Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain’s Internal Civil War

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Jon Tracey

Mark Twain is as famous and talented a writer as Samuel Clemens was a divided man. Haunted by his guilty conscience, deeply torn by contemporary events, and plagued with debt, Sam Clemens did not live the positive life than many … Continue reading →

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Town Between the Rivers: Cairo, Illinois

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Dwight Hughes

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 →

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Ursula Le Guin, Huckleberry Finn, and Monument Controversies

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

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 →

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