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James by Percival Everett: an enthralling reimagining of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of formerly enslaved Jim

Wikimedia/ Pan Macmillan by Emily Zobel Marshall, Leeds Beckett University James, the new novel by Percival Everett, is a stunning book which I relished long after...

Sellout! How political corruption shaped an American insult

by Ian Afflerbach, University of North Georgia If you follow politics, sports, Hollywood or the arts, you’ve no doubt heard the insult “sellout” thrown around...

Eddie Murphy to receive top US humor prize at Kennedy Center

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eddie Murphy, famous for his standup routines, films and his early breakout on "Saturday Night Live," will be awarded the nation's...

Racism claim dooms bid to honor Mark Twain in NV

RENO, Nev. (AP) - A state panel has effectively killed a bid to name a Lake Tahoe cove for Mark Twain, citing opposition from...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel laureate, dies at 87

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez crafted intoxicating fiction from the fatalism, fantasy, cruelty and heroics of the world that set...

Morrison's 'The Bluest Eye' doesn't sit well with some

NEW YORK (AP) — The potty humor of "Captain Underpants" children's books and the mature exploration of race and family violence by Nobel laureate...

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