Mark Twain

Percival Everett’s Philosophical Twist on “Huckleberry Finn”

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Percival Everett’s novels seem to ward off the lazier hermeneutics of literary criticism, yet they also have a way of dangling the analytical ropes with which we critics hang ourselves. His latest novel follows the misadventures of a runaway named Jim and his young companion Huckleberry in the antebellum American South. As in another novel … Read more

Welcome to California’s best-preserved Gold Rush town

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For a city that’s about 2.2 square miles, there’s much to see and do in Nevada City — better known as California’s best-preserved Gold Rush town.    Located about 150 miles northeast of San Francisco, Nevada City stands as an unparalleled depiction of a bygone era with an abundance of old structures, quaint watering holes and … Read more