COLUMBIA — When I first learned Mark Twain expert Alan Gribben removed all instances of the "n-word" from "Huckleberry Finn," my reactionary right-wing persona took over, and I denounced this edit of Twain's classic as another example of political correctness run amok. The substitution of "slave" for the offensive term is an overdose of literary nonsense.
J. KARL MILLER: Revision of 'Huckleberry Finn' has little public approval
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 | 3:58 p.m. CST;
updated 8:25 p.m. CST, Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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