Portions of the 1997 State of Mark Twain Studies Conference, organized
by the Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies, will air Saturday,
July 11, 1998 on C-SPAN 2 beginning at 9:45 p.m. ET.  The panel "Mark
Twain's Politics" will appear on C-SPAN 2's About Books.  The featured
panel was recorded live on the last day of the three day international
quadrennial conference.  The taped panel will be replayed three hours
later - Sunday, July 12 at 12:45 a.m. - again on C-SPAN 2.

The following is the listing from C-SPAN's program listings at
www.cspan.org.

Title:             A Discussion of Mark Twain and Politics
Time:            Sat. 9:45 pm ET
Description:   Scholars Abraham Kupersmith from Manhattan Community
College,
                    Daniel Philippon from the University of Virginia,
and
                    Daniel Traber from the University of Houston
                    discuss Twain's personal politics and how they came
through in his writings,
                    including Huckleberry Finn and Following the
Equator.


The Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies
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