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> On Jan 3, 2017, at 9:13 PM, Shelley Fisher Fishkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> A propos of the thread today, if you haven't seen this segment with  David =
> Bradley on CBS's 60 Minutes ["Huckleberry Finn and the n-word debate"], wat=
> ch it.
> 
> Pasted below are links to the segment on youtube and on CBS.  If the links=
> don't make it through, just google "David Bradley" "Huckleberry Finn" and =
> "n-word" and you'll get there. It is a gem.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DnW9-qee1m9o
> 
> http://www.cbsnews.com/news/huckleberry-finn-and-the-n-word-debate/
> 
> And if you're interested in hearing more -- and going for a wild ride to bo=
> ot -- check out this related essay that David wrote.  It won the top prize =
> in a global competition for the best essay in 2015 (The Notting Hill Editio=
> ns Essay Prize).  The first link below is an article about the essay winnin=
> g the prize that ran in the Independent (UK) and the essay itself is at the=
> second link to the Independent pasted below.  It's edgy & hilarious. Pleas=
> e buckle your seat belts...
> 
> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/david-bradley-eulogy-for-nigger-au=
> thor-wins-notting-hill-editions-essay-prize-a6686996.html
> 
> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/eulogy-for-nigger-the=
> -provocative-title-that-has-been-printed-verbatim-a6687016.html
> 
> 
> 
> all the best,
> Shelley
> 
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> Shelley Fisher Fishkin
> Joseph S. Atha Professor of Humanities; Professor of English, and  Director=
> of American Studies, Stanford University
> https://english.stanford.edu/people/shelley<http://english.stanford.edu/peo=
> ple/shelley>-fisher-fishkin
> Co-Director, Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project,  Stanford U=
> niversity
> Mail: Department of English, Bldg. 460, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford University=
> , Stanford, CA 94305-2087'
> 
> 
> http://www.writingamerica.org/
> <http://www.writingamerica.us/>
> 
> <http://www.writingamerica.us/>
> "Writing America is a triumph of scholarship and passion...a book that redr=
> aws the literary map of the United States." -- Junot D=EDaz
> 
> https://english.stanford.edu/people/shelley-fisher-fishkin

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