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Drinking With Twain: A Rare Manuscript

Posted on September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 by Matt Seybold

A highly suspect, but entertaining pamphlet by Frank Kelsey, who purported to be Mark Twain’s drinking buddy.

An Ode To The Innocents Abroad

Posted on September 10, 2019September 12, 2019 by Jeffrey Melton

The Innocents Abroad changed everything, for Mark Twain and, moreover, for American travel writing.

CMTS Announces the 2019 Fall Trouble Begins Lecture Series

Posted on September 9, 2019September 11, 2019 by Joe Lemak

All CMTS lectures are open to the public at no cost.

CFP: Panel on “Afterlives of Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” at NeMLA 2020 in Boston, MA (March 5-8, 2020)

Posted on September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 by Matt Seybold

Consider submitting a proposal for the NeMLA Convention in Boston in March.

Writing, Roosting, Roistering: Two Weeks at Quarry Farm (A Quarry Farm Testimonial)

Posted on September 5, 2019September 6, 2019 by Todd N. Thompson

Professor Todd N. Thompson (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) reflects on his weeks as a fellow at Quarry Farm.

From Innocent To India: Mark Twain’s Evolving Sympathies

Posted on August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 by Jeanne Campbell Reesman

Jeanne Campbell Reesman explores the development of Twain’s sympathies for imperial subjects from his first travel book to his last.

Twain Scholars Celebrate The Career of Henry Sweets, Director of Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum

Posted on August 27, 2019August 27, 2019 by Grateful Twain Scholars

Henry Sweets has had a long and distinguished career touching the lives of many in the Twain Studies community.

Quarry Farm Weekend Symposium “Mark Twain and Nature” Program Now Available

Posted on August 23, 2019August 26, 2019 by Joe Lemak

The Center for Mark Twain Studies is proud to present the program for the Sixth Quarry Farm Weekend Symposium “Mark Twain and Nature.” The natural world figures prominently in the writings of Mark Twain, whether as the main object of description and commentary as in Life on the Mississippi and Roughing It or as an inextricable element of fictional narratives such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson and more. […]