John, I am interested in your panel idea for reading dialect in Huck Finn. I have taught the book and have read aloud from it for 15 years. I'm from Texas and can do a decent accent when I want to. I'd be happy to send you a tape. I am a woman, although white. I particularly like the chapter in which Huck visits Ms. Loftis. Kim Martin Long, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania