A display of Mark Twain‘s Huckleberry Finn at the Mark Twain Museum in Hannibal, Missouri. Next month, NewSouth Books will release an edition of the book that replaces “the ‘n’ word” with “slave.”
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Gabriel Arana is a contributing editor at The American Prospect. His articles on gay rights, immigration, and media have appeared in publications including The New Republic, The Nation, Salon, The Advocate, and The Daily Beast. More by Gabriel Arana

