Mark Twain & Controversial Art

Mark Twain & Controversial Art

Originally posted by: Jan Kather on December 16, 2016 Last year American artist Charles Ray created a stir with his commissioned figurative sculpture Huck and Jim. Originally meant to be permanently installed along New York City’s High Line in the public plaza outside...
Tom Sawyer Had A Dream And It Shot Him

Tom Sawyer Had A Dream And It Shot Him

Originally posted by: Hamada Kassam on January 30, 2018 EDITOR’S NOTE: The following paper was originally on the program for the 8th International Conferences on the State of Mark Twain Studies, which took place this past August at Elmira College. Unfortunately,...
Mark Twain in Damascus: A Quest for Immortality?

Mark Twain in Damascus: A Quest for Immortality?

Originally posted by: Hamada Kassam on February 28, 2017 In The Innocents Abroad (1869), Mark Twain’s first bestseller and one of the most successful travel narratives in American literature, the acclaimed young author singled out and celebrated Damascus in his...