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'Huckleberry Finn,' 'Princess Diaries' among challenged books at Palm Beach County schools
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhile news of book bans in Florida has spread across the country, even informal challenges to books...
Huckleberry Finn given trigger warning by university over ‘problematic’ content
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMark Twain’s literary classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been given a trigger warning by...
Percival Everett's New Novel Is Destined to Become a Modern Classic
Esquire via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPercival Everett's New Novel Is a Modern ClassicSarah Kim Sarah Kim James centers on a seminal...
Mark Twain's original handwritten manuscript of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' restored
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAn iconic piece of American literature received some special attention in hopes of preserving it for...
Censorship on certain children’s books puts Fresno libraries on a ‘slippery slope’ | Opinion
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 7 months agoHuckleberry Finn, you’re on notice. Don’t get too comfortable, Winnie-the-Pooh and To Kill a...
Joplin's Stained Glass Theatre to perform 'Tom Sawyer'
The Joplin Globe, Mo. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 15—Stained Glass Theatre's production of "Tom Sawyer" uses a large cast to commemorate Missouri history through one boy's wacky adventures. The play starts Thursday and runs for two weeks ...
‘James’ Review: Percival Everett’s Retelling of Twain
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoIn 2011 a publisher called NewSouth Books brought out an edition of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”...
The Case For Trash-Talking Dead Authors
Esquire via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Case For Trash-Talking Dead AuthorsSarah Kim For bestselling novelist Marlon James and his longtime editor Jake Morrissey, fighting for books is all...
An Acclaimed New Novel Retells Huck Finn From Jim’s Perspective—or Maybe Something Sneakier Is Going...
Slate via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPercival Everett’s James is being marketed as a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,...
'The Book War': Moth storyteller Wang Ping shares China cultural revolution experiences
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen Wang Ping was a child in China, Mao Zedong launched the cultural revolution, shuttering all the...