tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post8807948338077513511..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Anniversary …Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-14341392435040359702021-02-18T16:29:56.085-05:002021-02-18T16:29:56.085-05:00As Frank Wilson, my friend and former editor at th...As Frank Wilson, my friend and former editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer, noted, I meant to write plight, and not blight in the above comment. This is why a writer needs a good editor like Frank. Paul Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593938088512203541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-87349218790330057732021-02-18T15:35:22.066-05:002021-02-18T15:35:22.066-05:00Mark Twain is one of my favorite writers, although...Mark Twain is one of my favorite writers, although I don't always agree with his worldview, and Huck is one of my favorite novels. Twain is under attack because of Huck's use of the N-word, but the novel accurately describes the way a person like Huck and others from that time would speak. Ironically, Twain is most sympathetic to the blight of Black people in the novel. I recently reread Twain's "Roughing It,' which I love, and I think I'm going to reread "The Adventures of Hucklelberry Finn."Paul Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593938088512203541noreply@blogger.com