"The N-Word of the Narcissus." By Joseph Conrad

[Jonathan Lighter]

Wow! I call dibs on replacing all the n-words in _Huckleberry Finn_ with the
(non-) n-word "n-word"! Then I'll move on to hip-hop.

I'll be rich! Famous! Beloved!

Well, rich. I'll let you know how it turns out.

JL

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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