I want to join TA as long as I dont have to give up my
passion for Twainiana. Liquor I can quit; cocaine,
herion, dilaudid, and other nefarious narcotics are no
problem. Even smoking, which I like Twain have quit
many times--but true addictions cannot be broken.
--- tdempsey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I find it interesting how many of us write novels
> featuring Twain
> characters.  I'll confess my dirty little secret:
> I've got a hundred pages
> of a Jim novel on the pc downstairs. Kent Rasmussen
> and I have talked about
> writing a Tom Sawyer novel. This is obviously a
> common problem. Maybe we can
> start a recovery group.  "Hi, I'm Terrell.  I'm a
> Twainwannabe." (My
> apologies for outing you, Kent.  Some things must be
> sacrificed in the
> interest of advancing human knowledge and
> well-being. Think of me as another
> Richard Clarke.)  Contact me if you are interested
> in forming a Twain
> Anonymous chapter in your area.
>     Terrell Dempsey, TA Founder
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "NICK HUFFMAN" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 6:49 AM
> Subject: Re: Finishing off "nigger"
>
>
> > You are right.  This is a radically different
> way---a different way to
> > promote a book.
> >
> > >>> [log in to unmask] 3/25/2004 6:22:09 PM >>>
> > Dear Friends:
> >
> > I have been biting my tongue for a couple of weeks
> now reading the
> > discussion of Twain's use of "nigger." It is a
> significant issue, I
> > think
> > most would agree, but it did seem to
> > go on a bit.  I wonder if it wouldn't be
> refreshing to end the
> > discussion by
> > looking at the matter from a radically different,
> though I hope both
> > edifying and amusing, perspective.
> >
> > It comes in a chapter from a novel I am writing.
> In the chapter Sam,
> > to
> > whom Huck plays alter ego, challenges Huck, as
> author of the
> > "Adventures,"
> > on his excessive use of "nigger,"  triggering in
> Huck a typical Huck
> > Finnian
> > response.
> >
> > Please drop me (do we need a new idiom here?) an
> email if you would
> > like to
> > see the chapter -- at
> >
> >
> dshkrh3@hotmail,com
> >
> > david hoopes
> >
> >
>
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