In the heart of Hannibal, Missouri, the town that shaped a young Mark Twain, a quietly remarkable home invites visitors to ...

The Pulitzer citation called James an “accomplished reconsideration” that illustrates “the absurdity of racial supremacy and ...

The Kennedy Center has awarded The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor since 1998 to recognize comedians and people in the ...

All references to the Mark Twain riverboat have been removed from the Disneyland Paris website, indicating they won't fix the ...

Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about literary culture. This week’s installment tests your knowledge of ...

Biographer Ron Chernow on how the author of ‘Huckleberry Finn’ made himself one of the world’s most recognizable brands.

Conan O’Brien's Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize is now streaming on Netflix with tributes and hilarious performances.

Conan O'Brien is the latest recipient of the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. See highlights from the ceremony, from Trump jokes to moving tributes from John Mulaney, Kumail ...

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

By noon Sunday, regional actor Kelley Elder was already applying makeup to his face inside one of the dressing rooms at Theatre Workshop of Owensboro’s Trinity Centre. It was ahead of Elder’s third of ...