On Feb. 15, 1885, 140 years ago next week, Mark Twain’s best work of fiction, “Huckleberry Finn,” was first published in the United States. Critics berated the book. In Concord, Massachusetts, ...

"African Americans and Labor" is this year's theme for Black History Month, which begins Saturday, Feb. 1. The Hinsdale ...

Besides “James,” Everett's retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," fiction nominees include ... Carr's “Candy Darling"; Jean Strouse's book on painter John Singer Sargent ...

Recommended Videos Everett's novel, a dramatic reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” already has won the National Book Award, the Kirkus Prize and the Carnegie Medal for ...

Everett’s novel, a dramatic reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” already has won the National Book Award, the Kirkus Prize and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. It was on the ...

NEW YORK — (AP) — For author Percival Everett, libraries have long been a source of knowledge and discovery and pleasure, even of the forbidden kind. “I remember making friends at age 13 ...