Posts Tagged ‘Mark Twain’

Nig*@# Please! (Talking the “N-word” with Oteil Burbridge)

Oteil Burbridge is an internationally renowned bass-guitar funkmeister who plays just about anywhere with just about anybody when he’s not busy touring as the bassist with the Allman Brothers Band. We recently sat down to converse about Huck Finn, the “N-word,” and other such things. Bert:...

February 4th, 2011 | Arts, Featured, Music | Read More

Mark Twain and the Problem of Self-Disclosure

Which is worse: The fear of being misunderstood or the fear of being understood? For Mark Twain, it was the latter. I’m working my way through the first volume of Mark Twain’s autobiography. Clemens had the worst time getting his autobiography on paper. He struggled with the issue of how...

November 15th, 2010 | Books, Featured | Read More

Penguin Inks: Judging a Book by Its Cover Art

They—the ubiquitous they—tell us not to do it, and yet we do it anyway, don’t we? We judge books by their covers. The sentiment behind the old adage surely rings with the type of truth that speaks toward enlightened thinking—not just about books, mind you, but life in general. After all,...

April 15th, 2010 | Books, Featured, Visual Arts | Read More