Conejo Players Theatre Producing “Mark Twain’s The Diaries of Adam & Eve” For Audiences Nationwide
The oldest volunteer theater company in California brings David Birney’s adaptation of Mark Twain’s Eden diaries to your screen of choice.
Author: Matt Seybold
Matt Seybold is Associate Professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College, as well as Resident Scholar at the Center For Mark Twain Studies. He is the founding editor of MarkTwainStudies.org. In addition to writing series like "The Apocryphal Twain," "The Twain Doctrine," and "Mark Twain's Portfolio," Dr. Seybold creates our Digital Editions. He is also the executive producer and primary host of The American Vandal Podcast, co-organizer of the Summer Teachers Institute, and an ex officio member of the organizing committees for all our fellowships and conferences. Dr. Seybold's work on Twain has been published in numerous peer-reviewed and public-facing venues. He is an active member of the Mark Twain Circle of America and part of the editorial board of the Mark Twain Annual.
Amy Kaplan & The McDonaldization of Mark Twain
Amy Kaplan’s scholarship presents important challenges for Twain Studies.
The Blue Jays Play Their Home Opener On The Site of Mark Twain’s Buffalo Boarding House
The first Major League Baseball game in Buffalo since 1885 has multiple connections to Mark Twain.
The Apocryphal Twain: “Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”
A new installment of Matt Seybold’s “Apocryphal Twain” series focuses on an aphorism often attribued to Mark Twain and George Carlin, but with actual orgins in midcentury cinema.
Life, In Purgatory (A Twainiac Quarantine Diary)
Our resident scholar discusses the resonance of Mark Twain’s “Was it Heaven? Or Hell?” during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Life, In Arbitrage (A Twainiac Quarantine Diary)
Our resident scholar has spent his first week in self-quarantine thinking about Mark Twain, coronavirus, and the Civil War.
The Apocryphal Twain: “If voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.”
An anti-democratic dismissal circulates during election season, falsely attributed to Mark Twain. Where did it actually come from?
Silent Work in Elmira: Letters from the Wilbur H. Siebert Underground Railroad Collection
In our effort to preserve the history of the Underground Railroad in Elmira, and Mark Twain’s familial connection to that history, we are grateful to the Ohio History Connection for allowing us to reproduced relevant letters written by Susan Crane and John W. Jones.
A Loving & Clairvoyant Parasite: George Steiner in "The Archives of Eden"
The late George Steiner assessed American culture in his 1980 essay, “The Archives of Eden.”
An Interview With Virgie Hoban About Six Degrees of Mark Twain
Check out this unique multimedia resource focused on Mark Twain’s social network, created by Virgie Hoban and the Mark Twain Project.