Searching for the Female Huck Finn

June 6, 2013 | 1 book mentioned

Where’s the female counterpart to Ishmael or Sal Paradise, Vanessa Veselka asks. “When a man steps onto the road, his journey begins. When a woman steps onto that same road, hers ends.”

is an associate editor for The Millions and an editor in Atlanta. She tweets at @temalone.