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 ...

The formerly enslaved Jim is seen asleep on a raft in a scene from “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” (Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) The book is being marketed ...

MR. CLEMENS AND MARK TWAIN by Justin Kaplan. 424 pages. Simon & Schuster. $7.95. Mark Twain was as conscious of posterity as any other writer who ever anticipated its judgment. He saved the ...

The acclaimed author tells “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the surprising point of view of the other person on the raft. Percival Everett's latest novel is "James." [ Michael Avedon ] ...

Author Percival Everett Wins National Book Award For Reimagining ‘Huckleberry Finn’ Through Enslaved Character Jim’s Lens. Everett centers 'James' on the enslaved character Jim from Mark ...

A British university has issued a “trigger warning” on Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” because of its “problematic” slave-era violence and language.

Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of America’s greatest works of literature—and one of its most problematic. Contemporary writer Percival Everett provides a new path into ...

Left, Archie Moore and Eddie Hodges riding down river on raft in a scene from the film "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," 1960. Right, illustration by E. W. Kemble, 1884.

Percival Everett’s 2024 novel “James” is an important book, especially for those who want to expand their thinking about Mark Twain’s 1884 classic “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” ...

In part six of Books That Shaped America, Butler University Professor Andrew Levy explored [Adventures of Huckleberry Finn], authored by Mark Twain. The novel was first published in 1884 and is ...