Thank you, Matt, for sharing your fascinating and generative review of Everett’s virtuoso novel! You do justice to the complexity of the challenge he undertook. Well done! Shelley =============================== Shelley Fisher Fishkin Joseph S. Atha Professor of Humanities; Professor of English; Professor, by courtesy, of African and African American Studies; and Director of American Studies, Stanford University Mail: Department of English, Bldg. 460, 450 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2087 https://english.stanford.edu/people/shelley-fisher-fishkin 2023 Winner, Carl Bode-Norman Holmes Pearson Prize for Lifetime Achievement and Outstanding Contribution to American Studies On Mar 26, 2024, at 10:59 AM, Matthew Seybold <[log in to unmask]> wrote: The *Cleveland Review of Books *asked me to review Percival Everett's new adaptation of *Huckleberry Finn*. I specifically tried to address Everett's novel from the perspective of a Twain scholar, although obviously the book invites numerous other modes of interpretation. FWIW, I think the novel is a triumph and I hope that it's popularity will be very good for Twain Studies. Everett is clearly a very serious reader and admirer of Twain. https://www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/percival-everett-james *Matt Seybold, PhD* Associate Professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies Scholar-in-Residence, Center for Mark Twain Studies Editor, MarkTwainStudies.org Host, The American Vandal Podcast <https://marktwainstudies.com/the-american-vandal-podcast/> Peterson Chapel Vestry, Cowles Hall [log in to unmask] MattSeybold.com <https://www.elmira.edu/>