Diwali, the festival of lights, celebrates Lord Ram's return and the triumph of good over evil. Homes glow with diyas and ...

Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born Nov. 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri. One hundred thirteen years later, on Oct. 20, 1948, ...

While he was out starring in the national tour of “To Kill a Mockingbird” in 2023-24, Richard Thomas took to reading Mark Twain’s iconic novels “Tom Sawyer and “Huckleberry Finn” to help flesh out his ...

Ron Chernow's latest book, "Mark Twain," explores the author's life, including his connection to Elmira, New York. Twain's marriage into Elmira's Langdon family was transformative, influencing his ...

Richard Thomas, best known as John Boy Walton in The Waltons and for his portrayal of Atticus Finch on the Tulsa stage in 2024, will bring a one-man show about Mark Twain to the Tulsa Performing Arts ...

When he was a boy walking the streets in Hannibal, Missouri, pages from a biography of Joan of Arc (1412-1431) were swept up to Samuel Clemens’ feet. Upon reading the strewn pages, Clemens inquired of ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Thomas, now 74 (how can John Boy be 74?), is older that Twain was as he speaks ...

Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens, wrote several iconic works in a study at Quarry Farm in Elmira, New York. The study was repeatedly threatened by vandalism, brush fires, and litter from ...

REDDING — Book lovers from across the region headed to the Mark Twain Library’s 64th annual Book Fair, which began Friday and continues throughout the Labor Day weekend. The sale offers over 60,000 ...

Mark Twain’s novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” published in 1884, is sometimes banned because of its constant use of the horrific term “nigger,” yet it is the least racist book imaginable.