by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Nov 4, 2025 | The Study, Twain for Teachers
Editor’s Note: CMTS is committed to giving accurate, accessible information related to Mark Twain, his literature, his circle, and his world. These resource pages have been written by Mark Twain scholars, often times experts in the particular field. These are meant...
by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Nov 3, 2025 | Call for papers
The 2026 First Book Institute May 31-June 6, 2026 Hosted by the Center for American Literary Studies (CALS) at Pennsylvania State University Co-Directors Priscilla Wald, R. Florence Brinkley Distinguished Professor of English, Duke University, and Co-Editor...
by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Oct 30, 2025 | Trouble Begins Lectures
The 2025 Fall Trouble Begins Lecture Series presented by the Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) concluded its lecture series on October 29, 2025. The Trouble Begins and The Park Church Summer Lecture Series are made possible by the support of the Mark Twain...
by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Oct 27, 2025 | Trouble Begins Lectures
The 2025 Fall Trouble Begins Lecture Series presented by the Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) concludes at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 29 in the Quarry Farm Performance Barn, Located at 131 Crane Road, Elmira, the lectures are free and open to the public and...
by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Oct 21, 2025 | Trouble Begins Lectures
In a 2011 PMLA Editor’s Column “Literature in the Ages of Wood, Tallow, Coal, Whale Oil, Gasoline, Atomic Power, and Other Energy Sources” Patricia Yeager asked what might happen if, rather than organizing literary history by segments of chronological time (historical...