The King, from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Barbara Barbara Ladd Professor of English Emory University Atlanta, Georgia 30322 tel: 404 727-7998 fax: 404 727-2605 "Having once experienced the mystery, plenitude, contradiction, and composure of a work of art, we afterward have a built-in resistance to the slogans and propaganda of oversimplification that have often contributed to the destruction of human life." A. R. Ammons, from his essay “A Poem Is a Walk” (1968). ________________________________ From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of DENNIS KELLY <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2017 2:07 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Building Our Own Commentary Which Twain character do you think the 45th President can claim as an ancest= or in an upcoming tweet? (Pap is off limits.) Dennis Kelly > On Apr 29, 2017, at 9:14 PM, Sara Willen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >=20 > Gee, if you send it to Wikileaks, we can read about this in a=20 > presidential tweet. >=20 >=20 >> Hi everyone, >>=20 >> This was fabulous, a stunning example of post-factual, post-modern, >> post-prose criticism. I'm working on my own Commentary for the LA Times >> now. Let me now what you think: >>=20 >> Mark Twain, known less formally as Willa Cather, travelled to the United >> States as baby from his native Scotland, accompanied only by his faithful= >> servant, Friday. Soon, he found work as a printer at a small firm in >> California founded by Steve Jobs. He married Steve and they raised their >> three boys together, along with their butler, Mr. French (Friday's nephew= ). >> Their adventures were chronicled in the 1960s television series, "My Thre= e >> Sons," starring Andy Griffith and little Ronnie Howard. >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> Dr. Ann M. Ryan >> Department of English, Professor and Chair >> The Mark Twain Annual, Editor >> Reilly Hall 339 >> Phone: (315) 445-4593 >> Fax: (315) 445-4540 >>=20 ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments).