N.B.: I am posting this on behalf of Bard College. Please direct queries to the e-mail address at the end of this message. Kevin B. ~~~~~ The Institute for Writing & Thinking at Bard College invites teachers of American literature to the 2012 IWT Curriculum Conversation: Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Facing the Challenge of Teaching an American Classic Despite the controversy it has provoked since its publication in the United States in 1885, Huckleberry Finn has nonetheless been a cornerstone in the secondary and college curriculum for generations. In this, the fourth annual IWT Curriculum Conversation, writing-to-learn practices are the starting points for a rigorous reading of Huckleberry Finn, for multiple readings through the lens of other texts—fiction as well as nonfiction, literary as well as historical—and for looking closely at how the text teaches students about irony, history, language, and thinking. Join us to learn innovative approaches to reading and teaching what Toni Morrison calls “this amazing, troubling book.” Friday, March 16, 2012 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York Fee: $140 (includes morning coffee, lunch, and anthology of cross-disciplinary readings) For online registration and full details about this and other Institute programs, visit: www.writingandthinking.org or contact Judi Smith at [log in to unmask] or 845-758-7484.