Episodes

  • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
    Aug 22 2022
    Short & Sweet, one of the most graceful denouements ever: The End of Huck Finn!

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    5 mins
  • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
    Aug 21 2022
    The penultimate chapter, Jim suffers for our sins, and Twain lets fire a fusillade of 18 n-words to send the message home.

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    21 mins
  • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
    Aug 20 2022
    “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called ‘Huckleberry Finn,’” Ernest Hemingway famously declared in 1935. “It’s the best book we’ve had. All American writing comes from that.”

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    18 mins
  • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
    Aug 20 2022
    The escape goes just as Tom planned it - insanely! He winds up with a bullet in his leg, and Jim promises to stay with him till Huck can fetch a doctor. Huck reflects on Jim's loyalty. "I knowed he was white inside."

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    16 mins
  • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
    Aug 20 2022

    Twain's satirical genius depicts the absurdity of Tom Sawyer's romantic prisoner escape, while at the same time exposing the horrors of slavery. Jim cannot "properly" represent a prisoner, despite having been one all his life!







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    15 mins
  • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
    Aug 19 2022


    “Although Twain uses the n-word 219 times in Huckleberry Finn, there is a method to the madness. Removing the word desensitizes the horrific nature of the time period. It delegitimizes Jim’s struggle. Removing the book from the curriculum altogether serves as an erasure of history. It doesn’t just erase Mark Twain’s words, it erases Jim ― the echo of the lived experience of so many American slaves.” Nashae Jones

    “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called ‘Huckleberry Finn’.” Ernest Hemingway


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    17 mins
  • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
    Aug 19 2022

    “Although Twain uses the n-word 219 times in Huckleberry Finn, there is a method to the madness. Removing the word desensitizes the horrific nature of the time period. It delegitimizes Jim’s struggle. Removing the book from the curriculum altogether serves as an erasure of history. It doesn’t just erase Mark Twain’s words, it erases Jim ― the echo of the lived experience of so many American slaves.” Nashae Jones

    “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called ‘Huckleberry Finn’.” Ernest Hemingway


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    17 mins
  • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
    Aug 18 2022

    “Although Twain uses the n-word 219 times in Huckleberry Finn, there is a method to the madness. Removing the word desensitizes the horrific nature of the time period. It delegitimizes Jim’s struggle. Removing the book from the curriculum altogether serves as an erasure of history. It doesn’t just erase Mark Twain’s words, it erases Jim ― the echo of the lived experience of so many American slaves.” Nashae Jones

    “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called ‘Huckleberry Finn’.” Ernest Hemingway


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    14 mins