University of California Press Blog » Literature http://www.ucpress.edu/blog Blog Mon, 30 Sep 2013 22:29:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 Mark Twain Uncensored http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/16004/mark-twain-uncensored/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/16004/mark-twain-uncensored/#comments Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:06:05 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=16004 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...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/16004/mark-twain-uncensored/feed/ 0 Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2 Goodreads Galley Giveaway http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15989/autobiography-of-mark-twain-volume-2-goodreads-galley-giveaway/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15989/autobiography-of-mark-twain-volume-2-goodreads-galley-giveaway/#comments Thu, 19 Sep 2013 22:59:42 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15989 Think you know Mark Twain? Think again.

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...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15989/autobiography-of-mark-twain-volume-2-goodreads-galley-giveaway/feed/ 0 Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2 By the Numbers http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15924/autobiography-of-mark-twain-volume-2-by-the-numbers-2/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15924/autobiography-of-mark-twain-volume-2-by-the-numbers-2/#comments Wed, 28 Aug 2013 17:25:08 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15924 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...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15924/autobiography-of-mark-twain-volume-2-by-the-numbers-2/feed/ 0 Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2 By the Numbers http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15887/autobiography-of-mark-twain-volume-2-by-the-numbers/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15887/autobiography-of-mark-twain-volume-2-by-the-numbers/#comments Thu, 01 Aug 2013 23:39:15 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15887 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 50 million printed pages

That [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15887/autobiography-of-mark-twain-volume-2-by-the-numbers/feed/ 1 Volume 2 of Mark Twain’s Autobiography Arrives Soon… Get the App Now! http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15545/volume-2-of-mark-twains-autobiography-arrives-soon-get-the-app-now/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15545/volume-2-of-mark-twains-autobiography-arrives-soon-get-the-app-now/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:11:37 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15545 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...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15545/volume-2-of-mark-twains-autobiography-arrives-soon-get-the-app-now/feed/ 0 Litquake 2012 Offers a Bounty of UC Press Authors http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15240/litquake-2012-offers-a-bounty-of-uc-press-authors/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15240/litquake-2012-offers-a-bounty-of-uc-press-authors/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:19:38 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15240 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...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15240/litquake-2012-offers-a-bounty-of-uc-press-authors/feed/ 0 From Ghost World to Your World: Boom interviews graphic novelist Daniel Clowes http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15193/from-ghost-world-to-your-world-boom-interviews-graphic-novelist-daniel-clowes/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15193/from-ghost-world-to-your-world-boom-interviews-graphic-novelist-daniel-clowes/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:06:04 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15193 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...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15193/from-ghost-world-to-your-world-boom-interviews-graphic-novelist-daniel-clowes/feed/ 0 The Autobiography of Mark Twain Volume 1, Reader’s Edition http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/14255/the-autobiography-of-mark-twain-volume-1-readers-edition/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/14255/the-autobiography-of-mark-twain-volume-1-readers-edition/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:27:00 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=14255 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...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/14255/the-autobiography-of-mark-twain-volume-1-readers-edition/feed/ 0 The Astonishing Afterlife of Everett Ruess http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/13722/the-astonishing-afterlife-of-everett-ruess/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/13722/the-astonishing-afterlife-of-everett-ruess/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:54:48 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=13722 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...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/13722/the-astonishing-afterlife-of-everett-ruess/feed/ 0 Robert Hirst on the Making of Mark Twain’s Autobiography http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/13699/robert-hirst-on-the-making-of-mark-twains-autobiography/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/13699/robert-hirst-on-the-making-of-mark-twains-autobiography/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:34:44 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=13699 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...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/13699/robert-hirst-on-the-making-of-mark-twains-autobiography/feed/ 0