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Contemplating Nineteenth-Century Print Culture (A Quarry Farm Fellow Testimonial)

Posted on October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 by Nathaniel Cadle

Nathaniel Cadle (Florida International University) talks about his time and discoveries at Quarry Farm

Fall ‘Trouble Begins’ Lecture Explores Huck Finn

Posted on October 14, 2019October 11, 2019 by Joe Lemak

Wednesday, October 16 at 7:00pm in Cowles Hall on the Elmira College Campus.

Mark Twain’s Modernism

Posted on October 10, 2019October 10, 2019 by Stephen Pasqualina

Was Mark Twain a modernist? T. S. Eliot, Ralph Ellison, Ernest Hemingway, and Gertrude Stein all weighed in on this question.

Summary of Recent Posts on MarkTwainStudies.org

Posted on October 9, 2019October 10, 2019 by Joe Lemak

This summer, Matt Seybold launched a new series, “Mark Twain’s Portfolio,” in which he explores Sam Clemens’s career as an entrepreneur and investor. The first installment in the series, discussing the United Fruit Company, was named “A Great Weekend Read” by Politico and “Best of The Week” by The Browser. A second installment covers the Anaconda and Amalgamated Copper Companies. Further episodes will follow in coming months. Mark Twain’s Portfolio: Existential Hedging & […]

Lecture on Twain’s Experiences in Washington D.C. Starts the Fall 2019 Trouble Begins Lecture Series

Posted on October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 by Joe Lemak

The lecture will take place on Wednesday, October 9 at 7:00pm. All CMTS lectures are open to the public at no cost.

Recap of the Quarry Farm Symposium “Mark Twain and Nature”

Posted on October 8, 2019October 9, 2019 by Joe Lemak

The Symposium took place on Friday, October 4 to Sunday, October 6, 2019

Finding The Lost Diary of Mark Twain’s Granddaughter, Nina Gabrilowitsch

Posted on October 7, 2019October 8, 2019 by Alan Rankin

In 1992, Alan Rankin and his friends came into possession of a mysterious diary. None of them knew anything about its teenage author, but her story would captivate them for decades to come.