February 17th, a Day of Note [Literary Links]

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On this date in 1885, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published for the first time…

…in 1909, Wallace Stegner was born, and it’s Toni Morrison’s 78th birthday, too [via Flashlight Worthy on Twitter]…

…and in 2009, Tayeb Salih passed away.