Or this- Best reasonable facsimile of a spurious purported Twain quotation cited by an ersatz Twain scholar with too much time on his/her hands.
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From: "Walker, Lloyd" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 12/29/2016 11:49 AM
To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Annual Mark Twain Awards
How about this:
Best recent tracking down of the actual source for a spurious Twain quote?
Or this:
Best made-up "quote" that Twain did NOT say, so far as we know?
Dan Walker
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From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Clay Shannon [bclays=
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Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2016 1:08 PM
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Subject: Annual Mark Twain Awards
Is there such a thing yet as a "Mark Twain Awards" for people involved in M=
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ark Twain research and Twain-centric books? That is, a tipping of the colle=
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ctive cap to individuals who have furthered Mark Twain studies, and have wr=
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itten or edited Mark Twain-centric books?
If not, I suggest the following annual awards:
Lifetime Achievement #1 (for a living individual)
Lifetime Achievement #2 (posthumous)
Best New Biography (published in the current year)
Best Old Biography (published prior to the current year, and not previously=
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a winner)
Best New Book (other than bio, published in the current year)
Best New Article (published in the current year)
Best Old Book (other than bio; published prior to the current year, and not=
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previously a winner)
Best Old Article (published prior to the current year, and not previously a=
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winner)
Should more categories be included? What is a better word than "Old"? That =
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firefly should be replaced with fire - or, better yet, lightning.
Where to go from here?" is another question, but maybe this can get a discu=
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ssion going/some wheels turning.=3DC2=3DA0- B. Clay Shannon
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