Susan, if you or anyone else would like a galley of my kids' book featuring Twain, out 12 February, I have two left to give away. The Case of the Deadly Desperados Caroline Lawrencehttp://www.carolinelawrence.com London, England > Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 17:02:08 +0000 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Reminder: ALS 2011 > To: [log in to unmask] > > Dear John, > > Buon Ani, as they were saying in Rome when I left on Sunday. I hope the ye= > ar 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 depi= > ction of the events of 1899 (the Wilmington riots and the gold-rush in Alas= > ka, 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 ki= > nd 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 [birdj1@PE= > OPLEPC.COM] > 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. Bette= > r > 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 t= > o > 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 i= > t > 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]