Publisher's Synopsis
"In this moving memoir punctuated by keen literary criticism and bold cultural critique, James Henry Harris recounts his experience of reading Mark Twain's classic Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for the first time in graduate school. Harris describes his emotional struggle with Twain's use of the racial epithet nigger, voiced over two hundred times in the text. Above all, his story will challenge readers to reflect deeply on the ongoing legacy of racism and white supremacy that is forever. linked to the N-word"--Back cover.
