Friends, I saw this post on C19 and thought about MT, and what some on here might say in response.  Specifically:

What are your favorite non-academic essays about Mark Twain?


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C19ers,

I hope you are all doing well in these challenging times.

What are your favorite non-academic essays about C19 literature? By non-academic I mean, loosely, written for general readers and published in non-academic venues (newspapers, magazines, blogs, etc.). They may be written by academics but they are meant to be widely accessible.

Please send your favorites with me directly ([log in to unmask]) and I will share the final list with the listserv, if there's interest. Feel free to self-nominate!

Thanks in advance,

Desirée

Dr. Desirée Henderson

Associate Professor, Dept. of English

University of Texas Arlington

How to Read a Diary: Critical Contexts & Interpretive Strategies for 21st-Century Readers<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.routledge.com/How-to-Read-a-Diary-Critical-Contexts-and-Interpretive-Strategies-for/Henderson/p/book/9780415789202__;!!K543PA!eyG0PF4b35-9b9BFme12QgaLX-6d2NJpICUJKnJJk6opyrx9JrzSzHnQwGOy5w$> (Routledge, 2019)