Fielder’s Trouble Begins Lecture Now Available
Brigitte Fielder explores the character of Roxy, the mixed-race Black mother, who changes her child’s place with the child of her enslaver
Author: Center for Mark Twain Studies
Next Trouble Begins Lecture Deals with Motherhood in Puddn’head Wilson
Brigitte Fielder’s (University of Wisconsin-Madison) lecture will take place on Wednesday, May 8 at 7:00pm in the Quarry Farm Barn
Scharnhorst’s Trouble Begins Lecture Now Available
Scharnhorst explores Twain’s satirical criticism, especially late in his career
The First 2024 Spring Trouble Begins Lecture Focuses on Twain’s Social Satirism
Gary Scharnhorst (University of New Mexico) will deliver his lecture on Wednesday, May 1 at 7:00pm in the Quarry Farm Barn
2024 “Portraying Mark Twain Competition” Winners
Join CMTS in congratulating the winning artists!
CMTS Announces the 2024 Spring Trouble Begins Lineup
All CMTS lectures are open to the public at no charge
Criticism LTD: Continuing The Dialogue (A Project Narrative Event)
Recorded at The Ohio State University, as part of the Project Narrative series, Matt Seybold reflects on the making of “Criticism LTD.”
Close Reading Feudalism(s) in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with James Phelan (A Project Narrative Crossover)
James Phelan and Matt Seybold read and discuss the Shepherdsons and Grangerfords episode.
CFP: Mark Twain Circle at 2025 MLA in New Orleans, LA (January 9-12)
CFP deadline is March 15, 2024
2024 with Anna Kornbluh & J. D. Connor
Media theorists consider the potential “perfect storm” of media disruption in 2024.