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06.23.2009 6:08 pm

‘Tom Sawyer’ on tap for two area Big Reads

Post-Dispatch Book Editor

Missouri’s favorite author may have died a century ago, but he’ll be honored by community book groups in the next few months.

Five Missouri groups will receive government money to participate in Big Read events, the NEA announced Tuesday (June 23). Two in…

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03.11.2009 7:24 pm

‘New’ Twain story published in magazine

Post-Dispatch Book Editor

The Strand Magazine includes a previously unpublished Mark Twain story in its March edition.

Called “The Undertaker’s Tale,” the Twain story skewers the funeral industry, says Strand Managing Editor Andrew F. Gulli.  It will be included in a book, “Who is Mark Twain?” to…

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08.13.2008 5:39 pm

A book most middle school libraries in Missouri should buy

Post-Dispatch Book Editor

A book arrived in my office today that probably should go into every Missouri school that caters to kids 9-12 (and maybe even older). It proclaims itself a “ramble-scramble” biography of Mark Twain. 

“The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of…

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