Dear John,

Buon Ani, as they were saying in Rome when I left on Sunday.  I hope the year treats you well.

Re ALS: are you interested in depictions of Twain in works of fiction?  I'm deeply into John Sayles' novel A Moment in the Sun, a Dos-Passos-like depiction of the events of 1899 (the Wilmington riots and the gold-rush in Alaska, as well as Cuba & the Philippines).  He has a short chapter or two that feature Twain as The Humorist, making comments about U.S. empire.  It's kind of like the Twain glimpses on Star-Trek some years ago.

I can't send them to you b/c I have the book on Kindle, but I can tell you where to find them if you are interested.  Best,  --s

Susan K. Harris

Hall Professor of American Literature

University of Kansas

Author of God's Arbiters: Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902

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Subject: Reminder: ALS 2011

Happy New Year, Twainiacs! I hope 2012 treats us all well.

I wanted to post a reminder that I will be writing the Mark Twain chapter
for American Literary Scholarship 2011, taking over that task for our late
and lamented friend, Michael Kiskis. Please send me information about
articles or books related to Mark Twain that were published in 2011.  Better
yet, send me offprints of articles, and have your publisher send me your
Twain book. Here is my contact information:

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School snail mail address:
John Bird
Department of English
250 Bancroft Hall
Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC 29733

Thank you! Despite the daunting nature of this task, I am looking forward to
it. BTW, I am currently reading Hal Holbrook's autobiography, which had a
pretty scathing review that someone recently posted a link to on the Forum.
I am about halfway through, and even though he is not to "Mark Twain
Tonight!" yet, and thus the Twain content is minimal so far, I am finding it
to be very interesting and well-written. I can hear Hal Holbrook's voice in
my head--which for me, is pretty much Mark Twain's voice...

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