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 …
Mark Twain is on fire! His unexpurgated Autobiography debuted at No. 2 on the New York Times Nonfiction Best Sellers list—”not bad for a book written 100 years ago and wrapped up …
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 …
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 …
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 …
We’re pleased to announce that the website for Boom: A Journal of California is live. Thoughtful, provocative, and at times playful, Boom aims to create a dialog about the vital social, cultural, …
University of California Press is pleased to announce that it has reached agreement with Kobo for the sale of its e-books. Through Kobo, readers can now find UC Press e-books such as …
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 …
Longtime UC Press staff and foundation member Harlan Kessel passed away on August 27, 2010. Kessel joined the Press in 1963, and served as marketing director and paperback editor for 21 1/2 …
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 = …