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16
Oct

We Thought We Knew Mark Twain…

Thanks to everyone who came out to the night of Mark Twain trivia on Monday at the Make-Out Room, sponsored by Litquake and UC Press! We sipped Lemon Clemens and Drunkleberry Finns while …

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08
Sep

thisismarktwain.com is now live!

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 …

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21
Apr

Mark Twain after 100 Years

Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, died a century ago today, but he is still publishing books. He wanted it that way—he specified that his full autobiography not be published for 100 years …

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18
Feb

Happy 125th Birthday, Huckleberry Finn

On February 18, 1885, Mark Twain published the American edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Early reviews ranged from praise to scathing criticism: the San Francisco Chronicle called it “the most amusing …

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