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Shelley Fisher Fishkin wins Glasscock Book Prize

Shelley Fisher Fishkin, the Joseph S. Atha Professor of Humanities and professor of English, has won the Susanne M. Glasscock Book Prize for her book Jim: The Life and Afterlives of Huckleberry Finn's Comrade. Given by the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research at Texas A&M University, the prize celebrates works of original, interdisciplinary humanities scholarship that appeal to both academic and wider audiences. Jim was recognized for giving a global and comprehensive new understanding about the character from Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn that speaks to a range of audiences from high school students to academic scholars.

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Collage of The Cancel Culture Panic cover and a photo of Adrian Daub

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