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Arts & Entertainments FICTION Huck Finn's Tormented Father A haunting novel imagines Huck Finn's father as a violent bigot who found fleeting joy with a slave February 17, 2007 ...
ALBANY — Huck Finn’s Playland’s new owner is taking advantage of all his business ventures by cross-promoting both the small city amusement park with the theaters he owns. Between July 4 and ...
TYBEE ISLAND — He goes by the name Huck. And, like another man of that name, Huck Finn, he lives his life on the water. His trusty raft is a weathered and barnacle-encrusted houseboat that he ...
‘James’ Review: Percival Everett’s Retelling of Twain At the center of Percival Everett’s novel, the man Huck Finn calls ‘Jim’ is out to rescue himself.
Taika Waititi is being eyed to direct the “Huck Finn” reimagining from the author of “Erasure,” the book behind Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” Jeremy Fuster June 20, 2024 @ 4:47 PM ...
When Everett thought of writing Jim’s side of Huck Finn, he was surprised that no one had ever delivered that story before. The two fugitives are separated for a long section of Twain’s novel ...
"James,” is a reimagining of "Huckleberry Finn," putting Jim, Huck’s enslaved sidekick, front and center. Everett joins the show to discuss how he gave the iconic character a powerful new voice.