“A Piece of Careless Hackwork.” Read the First Reviews of Mark Twain’s <em>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</em>

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Not, Apparently, an Instant Classic

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The 11 Best Book Covers of November

The 11 Best Book Covers of November

Pity You Can't Eat Them, Really

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Why Writers Shouldn’t Wait for Permission to Create the Stories They Want

Why Writers Shouldn’t Wait for Permission to Create the Stories They Want

James Hannaham on Uncensored Reading, Salacious Novels, and Marginalized Authors

By James Hannaham | November 30, 2021

On the Monumental, Lasting Impact of Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympic Games

On the Monumental, Lasting Impact of Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympic Games

John Feinstein Considers the History of Racial Inequality and Activism in Sports

By John Feinstein | November 30, 2021

Clint Smith Performs an Excerpt from <em>How the Word Is Passed</em>

Clint Smith Performs an Excerpt from How the Word Is Passed

On Storybound, Our Radio-Theater Podcast

By Storybound | November 30, 2021

How the Great Dorothy Day’s Anger Was an Expression of Her Faith

How the Great Dorothy Day’s Anger Was an Expression of Her Faith

Kaya Oakes on the Life and Times of the Legendary Activist

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The Italian Electrical Scientist Who (May Have) Inspired Frankenstein

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How Baseball Legend Satchel Paige Sought to Pacify White Fans

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Why Do Some Stories Survive the Test of Time?

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Patrick Dean on the Ascent of America’s Wildest Peak

Patrick Dean on the Ascent of America’s Wildest Peak

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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EJ Levy on the Complicated Life of James Miranda Barry

EJ Levy on the Complicated Life of James Miranda Barry

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AudioFile's 2021 Best Audiobooks: A Conversation with Narrator Dion Graham

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Flaming Chariots and Phlebotomies: Poems by Nada Faris, Gabrielle Bates, and torrin a. greathouse

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This Week from Micro Podcast

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Shelley Blanton-Stroud On the Different Ways We Mythologize the Past

Shelley Blanton-Stroud On the Different Ways We Mythologize the Past

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How Did the Arab Spring Change Fiction?

How Did the Arab Spring Change Fiction?

Talya Zax Looks to Post-Revolutionary Literature

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