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“Mark Twain & Libation”: A Talk By The 2017 Louis J. Budd Award Winner

“Mark Twain & Libation”: A Talk By The 2017 Louis J. Budd Award Winner

by Laura Skandera-Trombley | Aug 14, 2017 | CMTS Events

Originally posted by: Laura Skandera Trombley on August 14, 2017 On Saturday, August 5th, the Mark Twain Circle presented the Louis J. Budd Award to Laura Skandera Trombley at the 8th International Conference on the State of Mark Twain Studies, hosted by the Center...
Dispatches From Quarry Farm: The Cat, Plays Bass.

Dispatches From Quarry Farm: The Cat, Plays Bass.

by Steve Webb | Aug 1, 2017 | Dispatches from Quarry Farm

Originally posted by: Steve Webb on August 1, 2017 A train rumbles through the city of Elmira. The tracks are at least three miles away, and I can hear it as a distant echo. I think of the past and the future here at Quarry Farm. It’s 4:00 A.M. and a cat, the cat, of...

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