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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...]  The Fall 2010 Newsletter is here! Visit our website to read a pdf version of current and previous editions, or sign up to receive the e-newsletter in your inbox. Members of the UC Press Foundation are eligible to receive the print edition twice yearly. This season’s newsletter features an article on the long-awaited Autobiography of Mark [more...] Some of you, especially those with a proclivity to send email and twitter messages asking about this, seem to have noticed a slight discrepancy between the publication date of the Autobiography of Mark Twain, the availability date, and when you can expect to actually go to a local store and find a copy. 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. |
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