“Author and humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson considers the controversial issues surrounding the book—ones that are not unique to Huck Finn. Should we retire the novel permanently? Should we silently alter that taboo word to something less offensive? Should we continue to teach the book, but with plenty of disclaimers, context, and warnings? And what would be lost when a work of literature—one that chronicles the triumph of an improbable friendship that transcends law and race—disappears?”

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