A new edition of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom Sawyer” plans to replace the N-word with “slave” in an effort not to offend readers. Twain scholar Alan Gribben is working with ...

While sorting through the perennial lip-pursing tempest about a certain word in Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" -- the "N-word," as we now say it -- I turned for inspiration to the ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Mark Twain wrote that “the difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter.” A new edition of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom Sawyer” ...

A Fontana, California middle school teacher was caught on video repeatedly using a racial slur in class and encouraging a student to read aloud the n-word contained in a Mark Twain novel. The incident ...

Fear is a natural part of life, often appearing before difficult decisions or major changes. Mark Twains words, “Courage is ...

Don't get me wrong: I don't mind the fact that San Franciscans love to associate themselves with Mark Twain, even though he was just passing through town in the 1860s. It's just that, seein' as I am ...

Well, here's a piece I never imagined myself writing: A defense of a white man's use of the N-word. I want to start with a little back-story: I don't use the N-word. Not ever. But I used to, not so ...

Mark Twain is an American icon. We now know him as the author of classics, but in his day he was a controversial satirist and public figure who traveled the world and lifted post-Civil War spirits ...

HANNIBAL, Missouri (Reuters Life!) - One hundred years after reports of his death were correct, not exaggerated, Mark Twain is a hot commodity again with an autobiography on the best-seller list and a ...

My wife, Kaye, and I are eagerly anticipating the performance of Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain on the River Campus, but we doubt that this performance will be as dramatic and riveting as the first time ...

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:08:32 GMT — Mark Twain wrote that "the difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." A new edition of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A new edition of Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer" plans to replace the N-word with "slave" in an effort not to offend readers. Twain scholar Alan ...