We’re away until January 3, but we’re reposting some of our favorite pieces from 2017. Enjoy your holiday!

An illustration from Struwwelpeter.

It is not my habitual practice to go toe-to-toe with Mark Twain. I revere him, have made lengthy extracts from his works, have read aloud many times from Life on the Mississippi and Huckleberry Finn. I find Twain much funnier than [insert the name of your favorite humorist here]. But.

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