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Banned Books Week is the celebration of books challenged in libraries and classrooms across the nation. Books are banned for various reasons, but most are banned for content not deemed appropriate for readers. The list of banned books is lengthy, and contains some of the most timeless pieces of literature ever produced. It is the [more...]  Think you know Mark Twain? Enter the Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2 Goodreads galley giveaway between now and October 5th for your chance to win one of five limited edition galleys.
It is sound judgment to put on a bold face and ply your hand for a hundred times [more...] Due out in October, Volume 2 of the Autobiography of Mark Twain recently hit the presses at book manufacturer Thomson-Shore in Dexter, Michigan. While the initial printing is 100,000 copies, the first run numbered 65,000. Take a look at what that means… It means 250,000 lbs. of paper Which is six truckloads worth. It means [more...] Due out in October, Volume 2 of the Autobiography of Mark Twain recently hit the presses at book manufacturer Thomson-Shore in Dexter, Michigan. While the initial printing is 100,000 copies, the first run numbered 65,000. Take a look at what that means… Which is six truckloads worth. It means 50 million printed pages That [more...] Are you ready for more uncensored Mark Twain? The eagerly-anticipated Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2, will be published in October. Volume 2 delves deeper into Mark Twain’s life, uncovering the many roles he played in his private and public worlds. Filled with his characteristic blend of humor and ire, the narrative ranges effortlessly across [more...] At this year’s Litquake Festival, a series of literary events in the Bay Area through October 13 (most of them free), you won’t be able to throw a stone without hitting a UC Press author. Below is a full schedule of events featuring our authors (names in bold). You can find out more at the [more...] The latest issue of our journal Boom: A Journal of California (visit Boom’s web site), published this week, features an exclusive interview with Oakland artist and graphic novelist Daniel Clowes. Clowes launched his career with the comic series Lloyd Llewellyn, about the adventures of a private detective, then went on to create the comic series Eightball, [more...] It’s here! The Reader’s Edition of UC Press’ all-time bestselling title is available now. First, let’s review a few of the well-considered comments the cloth version of Volume 1 received: “This first installment of Twain’s autobiography brings us closer to all of him than we have ever come before.”—New York Review of Books “Mark Twain is terrific [more...] This summer not one, but two books about Everett Ruess, the 20-year-old aspiring writer and wilderness explorer who disappeared without a trace in 1934, are being released. One is Philip Fradkin’s Everett Ruess (UC Press), which goes beyond the myth of a romantic desert wanderer to reveal the realities of Ruess’s short life and mysterious [more...] What’s it like to discover you’ve been sitting on Mark Twain’s last major literary work without realizing it? Robert Hirst, General Editor of the Mark Twain Project, describes the feeling in this interview with the National Endowment for the Humanities, a major funder of the Project and the Autobiography. Hirst discusses the immense challenge of producing [more...] |
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