Happy New Year, Twainiacs! I hope 2012 treats us all well. I wanted to post a reminder that I will be writing the Mark Twain chapter for American Literary Scholarship 2011, taking over that task for our late and lamented friend, Michael Kiskis. Please send me information about articles or books related to Mark Twain that were published in 2011. Better yet, send me offprints of articles, and have your publisher send me your Twain book. Here is my contact information: Email: [log in to unmask] School snail mail address: John Bird Department of English 250 Bancroft Hall Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC 29733 Thank you! Despite the daunting nature of this task, I am looking forward to it. BTW, I am currently reading Hal Holbrook's autobiography, which had a pretty scathing review that someone recently posted a link to on the Forum. I am about halfway through, and even though he is not to "Mark Twain Tonight!" yet, and thus the Twain content is minimal so far, I am finding it to be very interesting and well-written. I can hear Hal Holbrook's voice in my head--which for me, is pretty much Mark Twain's voice... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ John Bird [log in to unmask]