A new book unpacks Jim in Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" — a fictional enslaved Black man who is one of the most memorable characters in American Literature. Why it matters: For ...

Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" has been praised, popular, banned and assailed since it was published in 1884. It's been called bold, lyrical and anti-racist and also a profane book ...

Mark Twain’s novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” published in 1884, is sometimes banned because of its constant use of the horrific term “nigger,” yet it is the least racist book imaginable.

I’ve been eager to read “James” since Everett spoke at the Virginia Festival of the Book last March, just days after the book first hit shelves. Since then, Everett has been awarded the Kirkus Prize ...