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If you knew Bob Newhart only as an actor – most notably as the star of the legendary “Bob Newhart Show” but also in a minor though memorable role in the movie “Elf” – you may not have thought of him as a literary figure.

A female humpback whale named Twain has been known to researchers since the 1980s, yet only now surprised the entire world by replying to recorded “whup-throp” calls 36 times, in a humanlike conversation style. The post Scientists Hold A 20-Minute ‘Conversation’ With A Whale Named Twain In His Own Language…

In a fever dream of a retelling, America's new reigning king of satire has turned a loved classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, upside down, placing Huck's enslaved companion Jim at the center.

Prolific writer Percival Everett often skewers different corners of American society. His latest novel James is written from the point of view of the character Jim, from Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn.