“The Story of the Bad Little Boy Who Didn’t Come to Grief” (1865): The title says it all. Twain wanted to contrast the child in his story to typical Sunday School stories where dire consequences ...

including his commissioned letters to various newspapers and journals). A third is the Mark Twain Library (paperback editions of the works without the scholarly notes, for classroom use and ...

An engrossing thriller and important historical reckoning, Percival Everett’s James retells Mark Twain’s Huckleberry ... serving as a love letter to Earth and humanity. Andrew O’Hagan ...

Populist and patrician, hustler and moralist, salesman and satirist, he embodied the tensions within his America, and ours.

It might be asking too much to bring back Mark Twain from the grave. The great author passed away on April 21, 1910, some 115 years and a day or two ago in Redding, Connecticut and we ain’t had ...

Conan O’Brien is opening up about his decision to honor a commitment he made to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Several performers have ...

Conan O’Brien, the 2025 recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, said Thursday that he was not sure that he would attend the March 23 ceremony held at the Kennedy Center due to the ...

Earth Day is Tuesday and here are some ways ... If enough people start doing this, it will benefit everyone in the long run. Submit a letter to the editor We welcome your thoughts in a letter ...