The Twain we shall meet - Washington Examiner

The Twain we shall meet - Washington Examiner

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, was one of America’s finest writers, essayists, and humorists. His literary masterpieces, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, are timeless classics. They’ve engaged legions of readers and sparked the imagination of countless young minds. William Faulkner’s description of Twain as “the father of American l…

The Enigma of Samuel Clemens

Twain Dreams by John Jeremiah Sullivan is sort of a review of Ron Chernow's new Mark Twain biography, but not really (he doesn't like it). Instead it's an attempt to answer why Twain still matters in American culture, approaching him through the novel James by Percival Everett, his very earliest published writings, and his fascinating neighbor Adele Gleason, whose remembrance of Twain has been unearthed after being unnoticed for a century.

The Twain we shall meet

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, was one of America’s finest writers, essayists, and humorists. His literary masterpieces, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, are timeless classics. They’ve engaged legions of readers and sparked the imagination of countless young minds.... The post The Twain we shall meet appeared first on Daily Truth Re…

Author Chernow channels wit and humor of Twain

by Elka Worner The marquee outside the Hermosa Beach Community Theatre read: Pages Presents An Evening with Ron Chernow. But inside, the Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer delivered far more than a reading of his latest book Mark Twain. What unfolded felt like stepping into Twain’s old lecture tours—full of laughs, clever insights, and plenty of charm. The Pages bookstore event marked Chernow’s only Southern California appearance for his new biog…