Meanwhile, On the Internet

Tomorrow, my list of my favorite reads of 2010.

Meanwhile, lots of interesting links:

• At Perpetual Folly, Claire Foster's story "Foster" has been christened the best New Yorker story of 2010. I am woefully behind on my New Yorker reading, so can't comment.
  
• Many, many 2011 previews. Here are three: The Millions, the Guardian, and the Telegraph. I am ridiculously excited about Claire Tomalin's biography of Dickens. Also: a new Edward St. Aubyn, a new Ali Smith, and sadly, the last Beryl Bainbridge.
  
• The January issue of Open Letters Monthly is live. Of greatest interest (to me at least): Honoria St. Cyr reviews the memoir of Deborah Mitford, the last of the Mitford sisters; Sam Sacks tackles Joshua Cohen's novel Witz; and Greg Waldman covers Mark Feldstein's book Poisoning the Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington's Scandal Culture. (I have a tiny little Nixon obsession.)
  
• Last but not least, here is Keith Staskiewicz (writing for EW's Shelf Life blog) on the new edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that omits both "Injun" and the n-word:
  
  

  Twain’s book has been one of the most often misunderstood novels of all time, continuously being accused of perpetuating the prejudiced attitudes it is criticizing, and it’s a little disheartening to see a cave-in to those who would ban a book simply because it requires context. On the other hand, if this puts the book into the hands of kids who would not otherwise be allowed to read it due to forces beyond their control (overprotective parents and the school boards they frighten), then maybe we shouldn’t be so quick to judge. It’s unfortunate, but is it really any more catastrophic than a TBS-friendly re-edit of The Godfather, you down-and-dirty melon farmer?

  Personally, I don't like the "TBS-friendly re-edits" of movies (or TV shows like The Sopranos), and when I run the world they will not happen. So perhaps I'm not the best person to ask. But yes, I think this is worse.