One of the most eagerly awaited books of the year, Ron Chernow’s new biography of Mark Twain covers all aspects of the life of the most famous American writer of his time. The book, released on March ...

Early Life: Clemens grew up in Hannibal, Mo., the Mississippi River town that served as the setting for many of his famous books. After his father died when he was 11, Clemens became a printer's ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Mark Twain Journal is devoted to the lives and works of Mark Twain and his circle of family, friends, and acquaintances, ...

Measure L Oversight Committee agenda includes report to county supes Jennifer Givhan’s ‘Salt Bones’ addresses the silence around missing women ‘Talk to Me Nice’: How (and why) to speak to others in a ...

“Mark Twain” by Ron Chernow, Penguin Press, 1200 pages, $45. Mark Twain was first encountered by the reviewer as the avuncular, white-haired visage joining the purple-clad Robert Louis Stevenson and ...

The first actor authorized to perform “Mark Twain Tonight!” since Hal Holbrook, he presents the American writer and humorist as funny and snappy as ever.

Fmr US Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder on ongoing discussions about peace between Russia and Ukraine. Israeli journalist Ronen Bergman discusses the latest in the war in Gaza. Romanian political ...

Some musings by Mark Twain on religion from various sources: * “Ah, well, I am a great and sublime fool. But then I am God’s fool, and all His works must be contemplated with respect.” 1878 Twain ...

It’s said that when “War and Peace” was finished and about to be published, Tolstoy looked at the huge book and suddenly exclaimed, “The yacht race! I forgot to put in the yacht race!” At 1,174 pages, ...

Anne Bernays, the widow of the biographer Justin Kaplan, says Mr. Holbrook’s performance was “not impersonation; it was possession.” Also: Marjorie Taylor Greene; mourning on Zoom; owl sighting. To ...