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Mark Twain’s novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” published in 1884, is sometimes banned because of its constant use of the horrific term “nigger,” yet it is the least racist book imaginable.

We begin our adventure by the banks of the Mississippi River, where we see life through the eyes of a young boy named Huck Finn. Huck is a resourceful and spirited lad who knows how to survive on his ...

A few years before his death, Mark Twain wandered into a local library that refused to put The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn on its shelves on the grounds that it was damaging to schoolchildren. When ...

Marcus Kwame Anderson, seen at Earthworld Comics in Albany, collaborated with author David F. Walker on “Big Jim and the White Boy.” Marcus Kwame Anderson's illustrations in "Big Jim and the White Boy ...

Although sometimes criticized for its grammatical errors, vulgarities and racial epithets, Mark Twain’s 1885 novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn inspired worldwide praise and numerous spin-offs, ...

In "Big Jim and the White Boy," writer David Walker and illustrator Marcus Kwame Anderson have reimagined "Huckleberry Finn." They talk with NPR's Scott Simon about the new graphic novel. Mark Twain's ...

Renowned author Percival Everett’s celebrated new novel James (2024) reimagines the escape of the enslaved character “Jim” from Mark Twain’s (Samuel Clemens) canonical American classic, Adventures of ...

It should come as no real surprise that the ever-vigilant deputies of the book-banning movement have been as busy as ever this year. Censorship in the Americas is older than America itself. The first ...

Mary Jane never “sat right” with the award-winning scientist and memoirist Hope Jahren, so she wrote a novel about “the real redheaded one.” Credit...Julie Benbassat Supported by By Anna Holmes Anna ...