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Gilbert Kicks Off The 2025 Park Church Summer Lecture Series

Gilbert Kicks Off The 2025 Park Church Summer Lecture Series

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Jun 23, 2025 | CMTS Events, Trouble Begins Lectures

The 2025 Park Church Summer Lecture Series presented by the Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) begins at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 25 at the historic Park Church, known for its architecture and connection to Mark Twain and his close family and friends.  Located at...
CMTS Announces The 2025 Quarry Farm Fireplace Writing Contest Winners

CMTS Announces The 2025 Quarry Farm Fireplace Writing Contest Winners

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Jun 18, 2025 | Twain for Teachers

Every year the Center for Mark Twain Studies hosts the “Quarry Farm Fireplace Writing Contest.”  The contest is based on decorative tiles situated in the Quarry Farm Parlor fireplace.  Originally owned by Susan and Theodore Crane, Mark Twain’s...
From Technostructure To Technofeudalism (A Tale Of Today, Episode #16)

From Technostructure To Technofeudalism (A Tale Of Today, Episode #16)

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | May 5, 2025 | A Tale of Today, The American Vandal

Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on May 5, 2025 Apple Podcasts Spotify An exploration of the political economy of technofeudalism begins by defining the technostructure and introducing its personification, followed by testimony from a skeptic...
Newspapers Worse Than Dead, But Print Is A Rent Strike (A Tale of Today, Episode #15)

Newspapers Worse Than Dead, But Print Is A Rent Strike (A Tale of Today, Episode #15)

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Apr 4, 2025 | A Tale of Today, The American Vandal

Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on April 4, 2025 Apple Podcasts Spotify Episode opens with journalism’s “race to the bottom,” described by a journalist who lived it, followed by what “The Facebook Files” revealed about social media’s relationship...
The Facebook Files & The Gutenberg Parenthesis (A Tale of Today, Episode #14)

The Facebook Files & The Gutenberg Parenthesis (A Tale of Today, Episode #14)

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Apr 1, 2025 | A Tale of Today, The American Vandal

Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on April 1, 2025 Apple Podcasts Spotify A two-part meditation on the history of journalism and the fate of investigative journalism under tech fascism begins with the model of Ida Tarbell, the epochal Wall Street...
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