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There's more on this issue.  Check out the link:
 
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/45645-upcoming-newsouth-huck-finn-eliminates-the-n-word.html
 
I am as astounded as anyone by this.  I thought Alan was diligently working on a revision and update of Mark Twain's Library: A Reconstruction.
 
Sandra Littleton Uetz
--- On Tue, 1/4/11, Michael Kiskis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:


From: Michael Kiskis <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: a new Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Date: Tuesday, January 4, 2011, 1:28 PM


A former student sent me this link to a story about a new edition of Huck --
to be edited by Alan Gribben.  If you read the story, scroll down to read
the variety of comments.

http://shelf-life.ew.com/2011/01/03/huckleberry-finn-n-word-censor-edit/?hpt=T2

-- 
Michael J. Kiskis
Leonard Tydings Grant Professor of American Literature
Elmira College
One Park Place
Elmira, NY  14901

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