NewSouth Books is an independent publishing house founded in 2000 in Montgomery, Alabama, by editor H. Randall Williams and publisher Suzanne La Rosa. Williams was the founder of Black Belt Press, working there from 1986 to 1999, and La Rosa worked in magazine and book publishing in New York City, before moving south.[2] The publishing house is unrelated to NewSouth Books or NewSouth Publishing, imprints of UNSW Press based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The company received media attention in January 2011 for publishing an expurgated edition of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that censored the words "nigger" and "Injun." An argument to censor the edition was voiced by Alan Gribben, a professor at Auburn University at Montgomery, who said the version would be more friendly to teachers and students at schools which currently ban the book. NewSouth's version was met with criticism, with some saying the censorship failed to adequately convey the original connotations of Twain's text.[3][4][5][6]
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newsouth, books, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, january, 2. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources NewSouth Books news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message NewSouth Books is an independent publishing house founded in 2000 in Montgomery Alabama by editor H Randall Williams and publisher Suzanne La Rosa Williams was the founder of Black Belt Press working there from 1986 to 1999 and La Rosa worked in magazine and book publishing in New York City before moving south 2 The publishing house is unrelated to NewSouth Books or NewSouth Publishing imprints of UNSW Press based in Sydney New South Wales Australia NewSouth BooksFounded2000FounderH Randall Williams and Suzanne LaRosaCountry of originUnited StatesHeadquarters locationMontgomery AlabamaDistributionIngram Publisher Services 1 Publication typesbooksImprintsJunebug Books Court Street PressOfficial websitewww wbr newsouthbooks wbr com NewSouth Books publishes nonfiction fiction and poetry as well as children s books They have published works of fiction by Hans Koning and Gerald Duff books of poetry by Andrew Glaze John Beecher Jorge Carrera Andrade and Tom House biographies of famous Alabamians like Sen Howell Heflin Gov John Malcolm Patterson and U S Supreme Court Chief Justice Hugo Black and memoirs by Civil Rights figures Attorney Fred Gray and Rev Robert Graetz The company received media attention in January 2011 for publishing an expurgated edition of Mark Twain s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that censored the words nigger and Injun An argument to censor the edition was voiced by Alan Gribben a professor at Auburn University at Montgomery who said the version would be more friendly to teachers and students at schools which currently ban the book NewSouth s version was met with criticism with some saying the censorship failed to adequately convey the original connotations of Twain s text 3 4 5 6 References edit Publishers We Work With Book Distribution Ingram Content Group Retrieved 2017 11 12 About NewSouth Books NewSouth Books Retrieved 2014 10 10 The Latest Word From Huck Finn ABC News Retrieved 2011 01 05 Bosman Julie 2011 01 04 Publisher Tinkers With Twain The New York Times Associated The New Edition Removes Mark Twain s Offensive Words NPR Retrieved 2011 01 05 Swaine Jon 2011 01 05 Censored Huckleberry Finn prompts political correctness debate London The Daily Telegraph Retrieved 2011 01 05 External links edit nbsp United States portal nbsp Companies portal nbsp Books portal NewSouth Books of Alabama Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title NewSouth Books amp oldid 1147693130, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
