Dear John, Buon Ani, as they were saying in Rome when I left on Sunday. I hope the year treats you well. Re ALS: are you interested in depictions of Twain in works of fiction? I'm deeply into John Sayles' novel A Moment in the Sun, a Dos-Passos-like depiction of the events of 1899 (the Wilmington riots and the gold-rush in Alaska, as well as Cuba & the Philippines). He has a short chapter or two that feature Twain as The Humorist, making comments about U.S. empire. It's kind of like the Twain glimpses on Star-Trek some years ago. I can't send them to you b/c I have the book on Kindle, but I can tell you where to find them if you are interested. Best, --s Susan K. Harris Hall Professor of American Literature University of Kansas Author of God's Arbiters: Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902 ________________________________________ From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of John Bird [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 3:54 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Reminder: ALS 2011 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]