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If Mark Twain were alive today, he would undoubtedly have something to say about YouTube, the war in Afghanistan, and the BP oil spill (see The Onion‘s recent review). In his forthcoming Autobiography, called one of the year’s most anticipated books, he offers his frank opinions of President Roosevelt, greed on Wall Street, and [more...]  While teaching English as a second language in Boston, Lynne Christy Anderson found that for her students, immigrants from many different backgrounds, food was common ground. “It’s this way to remain connected to the past, but it also…forms a bridge into the future”, she said in this recent interview with Radio Boston. When the class [more...] On July 12, The Book Club of California, a San Francisco-based society devoted to promoting an appreciation of the writing, design, and printing of fine books among collectors, scholars, and the public, presented one of its 16th annual Oscar Lewis Awards to UC Press author Thomas Pinney for his contributions to western history. A noted [more...] This Sunday, fireworks will light up the sky and grills across the country will sizzle and smoke. Every family has its traditional Fourth of July feast, from burgers and barbecued chicken to dishes from all over the world. This year, Lynne Christy Anderson, author of Breaking Bread: Recipes and Stories from Immigrant Kitchens, will add [more...] And yet if I should really try….. See this and much more at www.thisismarktwain.com. There do seem to be so many diffic…. See this and much more at www.thisismarktwain.com. Challenging his biographer, Albert Bigelow Paine, to a billiards battle. Sam in porcelain. See this and much more at www.thisismarktwain.com. A hearty handshake with John T. Raymond, the actor who played Colonel Sellers in the stage adaptation of Twain’s “The Gilded Age”. |
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