BOOKS AND MEDIA: Briefly Noted FICTION _Wild Nights!: Stories About the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James and Hemingway_. By Joyce Carol Oates. Ecco, 2008. Pp. 256. Hardcover. $24.95. 9.3 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches. ISBN-13: 978-0061434792. This book is a collection of stories built around the dying days of famous authors. In a chapter titled "Grandpa Clemens & Angelfish, 1906" Oates focuses on Mark Twain's friendship with adolescent girls. The amazon link for this book is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061434795/twainwebmarktwaiA/ The publisher offers a "Browse Inside" this book at: http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061434792/Wild_Nights/index.aspx ~~~~~ NONFICTION _Mark Twain: An American Star_. By Elizabeth MacLeod. From the _Snapshots: Images of People and Places in History_ series. Kids Can Press, 2008. Pp. 32. Hardcover. $14.95. 11.1 x 8.6 x 0.4 inches. ISBN 978-1553379089. This book is a short introduction to Mark Twain and is recommended for children with a reading level of ages 9 - 12. It is also available in softcover. The amazon link for this book is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/155337908X/twainwebmarktwaiA/