Thanks for the kind words, Shelley, Ben, Taylor, and John, as well as to anybody else who took time to read it, helping springboard it to the top of LARB’s “most read” rankings.

Obviously, I like it when people read my work - don’t we all? - but it’s also very satisfying to know that those readers will be engaging with aspects of Twain which complicate his myth.

- MS

> On Feb 21, 2021, at 11:27 AM, Click, Ben <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Matt:
> 
> I concur with Shelly.  Moreover, the writing style matches the thinking:
> cohesive, flexible, and vehement.  I may use this in my political satire
> class.
> 
> Thank you for sharing it with the Forum!
> 
> Ben
> 
>> On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 11:53 AM Matthew Seybold <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> For your weekend reading, you might consider this essay I published last
>> week for LA Review of Books on Dave Chappelle’s Twain-inspired disruption
>> of the comedy industry, with detours into Clint Eastwood and Bob Marley:
>> 
>> 
>> https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-political-economy-of-chappelles-redemption-songs/
>> --
>> Matt Seybold
>> Assistant Professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies
>> Elmira College
>> Editor, MarkTwainStudies.org
>> MattSeybold.com
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ben Click
> Professor, English
> Director, Writing & Speaking Center
> Editor, *The* *Mark Twain Annual*
> Director, Twain Lecture Series on
> American Humor and Culture
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