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Alan Gribben, Twain Scholar Who Excised Slur From ‘Huck Finn,’ Dies at 84

He made it his mission to track down every book Mark Twain owned — and to fix what he saw as flaws that kept schools from teaching the author’s most famous works.

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Alan Gribben, Twain Scholar Who Excised Slur From ‘Huck Finn,’ Dies at 84

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Marjane Satrapi, Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56

Her graphic novel series, published in English in 2003, followed an Iranian girl through the Islamic revolution and the Iran-Iraq War. The work helped millions relate to Iranians.

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Marjane Satrapi, Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56

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Book Review: ‘Checkmate,’ by Ben Mezrich

The story at the heart of “Checkmate” is a good one, but Ben Mezrich has hustled it into print too quickly.

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Book Review: ‘Checkmate,’ by Ben Mezrich

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11 Books That Capture the Swoon-Worthy Drama of Wedding Season

These books dig into the thrilling, ugly and swoon-worthy drama of a happy couple’s big day.

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11 Books That Capture the Swoon-Worthy Drama of Wedding Season

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Songwriter David Baerwald Shares an Unspeakable Family Secret in ‘The Fire Agent’

In “The Fire Agent,” the musician David Baerwald bases his debut novel on the shadowy life of his German-Jewish grandfather: an aristocrat, a soldier, a Buddhist and a spy.

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Songwriter David Baerwald Shares an Unspeakable Family Secret in ‘The Fire Agent’

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Book Review: ‘The Traveler,’ by Andrea Wulf

As presented in Andrea Wulf’s new biography, “The Traveler,” George Forster was an impressively curious, open-minded 17-year-old naturalist and polymath.

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Book Review: ‘The Traveler,’ by Andrea Wulf