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Self-reinventor. Master of self-aggrandizement. The first blogger. An enigma shrouded in a white suit. These are just a few of the labels that have been applied to Mark Twain since UC Press announced it would publish his uncensored Autobiography 100 years after his death. In celebration of this important milestone and in honor of our [more...]  The Autobiography of Mark Twain rose to the top of Amazon’s bestsellers list last weekend, and hit #3 on barnesandnoble.com, prompting responses around the web from bloggers who feel Twain is very much at home in the internet age. Gawker asked, “Was Mark Twain the ‘World’s First Blogger’?” and provided a list of pros and cons [more...] On November 4, Litquake celebrates the release of the Autobiography of Mark Twain in style with the Mark Twain Ball. Co-presented with the Bancroft Library and the California Historical Society, the Ball promises to include ragtime, cocktails, costumes, performances from A.C.T. and Zaccho Dance Theatre, and much more. The backdrop for the evening is [more...] We all know that Mark Twain was no stranger to having his books banned through his life. Back in July, Newsweek printed this excerpt (which will appear in the second volume of the Autobiography of Mark Twain) of Mark Twain confronting a librarian who had banned one of his books. As part of our effort to bring you Mark Twain in new and different ways, I’m happy to announce that you can show the world your Twainiac (Mark Twain + Maniac = Twainiac) tendencies with our exclusive Twain image in a wide variety of colors and styles. Just go to the UC Press store on [more...] Thanks to everyone who entered our first Autobiography of Mark Twain galley giveaway. The winner, chosen randomly from all the entries we received, is Kenneth Chaney and his favorite Twain title is Roughing It. Congratulations, Kenneth. For those of you who entered and didn’t win, don’t worry, there will be several chances to win a galley [more...] As some of you may have heard, we’ll be releasing The Autobiography of Mark Twain later this year. Heck, we’ve even put up a lovely website, thisismarktwain.com, to highlight some of the new material to be found only in the Autobiography. But we’re well aware that readers of Mark Twain have had years and years, [more...] www.thisismarktwain.com brings to life the Autobiography of Mark Twain in video slideshows, images, interviews with the editors and other Mark Twain scholars, and audio clips of excerpts from the book. The site takes readers behind the scenes to view materials only available at the Mark Twain Papers of The Bancroft Library. The reader can interact [more...] The BBC World Service recently interviewed Bob Hirst, editor at the Mark Twain Project, and John Freeman, editor of Granta Magazine, which published an excerpt of the Autobiography of Mark Twain in its most recent issue. Granta chose the excerpt, called “The Farm”, for the clarity and detail of Twain’s childhood memories, said Freeman: “This piece [more...] There are many revelations in the Autobiography of Mark Twain, and Newsweek found today that these only make Twain more intriguing: “The more you read, the more complicated he seems….He is still a mystery, a riddle wrapped in an enigma shrouded in a white suit”. Twain had many faces, living at various times as a reporter, [more...] |
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