In the 14 years since I completed an undergrad course on Twain, I've been a steadfast lurker on this list. Only now am I finally compelled to post, even if it is only to post a link to yet another response to the Huck Finn brouhaha. Michael Chabon's response in the Atlantic, http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2011/01/the-unspeakable-in-its-jammies/69369/ affected me more directly than most other opinions I've read on the subject so far. Like Chabon, I am also a father of two young children with a hearty appetite for books. As in Chabon's anecdote, I know that some day in the ever-nearing future I'll be faced with a similar conflict of how to navigate the n-word and of how to steer my children into the correct contextual current. I know when that moment arrives I will appreciate, even more than I do now, the voices on this list. So in advance, I want to thank you all for your tireless, entertaining, and informative devotion to Twain scholarship. JB