Since Mark Twain's rather eclectic, unique food opinions have already piqued our interest, it's no surprise that his favorite ...

Ron Chernow’s sweeping new biography explores how the “Huckleberry Finn” author became such a fixture in American literature and life, despite his failings ...

Thomas is well-known in Hartford for his frequent collaborations with Mark Lamos at Hartford Stage. He is taking on the ...

The five active mines within Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest have operated in the area for over 50 years, according to ...

On Oct. 30, 2023, the Boycott CNN Facebook page posted a photo of author Mark Twain alongside the quote, "No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot." Advertisement ...

Mark Twain is back in print -- a Ghost Writer, in a manner of speaking. Martha Teichner explains: Samuel Clemens was already pretty famous and rich when this story begins. Better known by his pen ...

"The Mark Twain Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Works" offers a diverse body of work about Twain, with a perky introduction by Stanford Professor Shelley Fisher Fishkin.

Mark Twain, the pen name Samuel Langhorne Clemens concocted for himself, was a serious man who couldn’t help but make folks laugh. As surely as Benjamin Franklin was the founding father who ...

Mark Twain's books are considered less for their own sake than for the light they throw on their author -which, in a way, is too bad, since Mr. Kaplan's literary comments are always perceptive and ...

The 25th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor will go to comedian, actor, writer and entrepreneur Kevin Hart. Past recipients include George Carlin, Eddie Murphy, Carol Burnett and Adam Sandler.

Mark Twain Prize recipient Adam Sandler is introduced at the start of the 24th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Kevin Wolf / AP.