Originally posted by: Jennifer L. Lieberman on August 23, 2017Editor’s Note:Earlier this month, Jennifer L. Lieberman, Assistant Professor of English at University of North Florida, was part of the “Twain, Technology, & Industry” panel at the 8th International...
Originally posted by: Joe Lemak on September 18, 2018My name is Joe Lemak and I am the Director of the Center for Mark Twain Studies. I’d like to welcome all of you, not only the familiar faces who are already part of the CMTS community – You know who you are! – but...
Originally posted by: David Ketterer on August 8th, 2017Editor’s Note: David Ketterer is an Honorary Research Fellow at University of Liverpool and an Emeritus Professor of English at Concordia University. He has an extensive record of scholarship on American...
Originally posted by: Jan Kather on January 3, 2017On exhibit on the terrace level of Elmira College’s Gannett-Tripp Library is an oil painting titled Head of Titian’s Venus 2015 by Elmira artist Dan Reidy. The large scale oil painting references the famous Venus of...
Originally posted by: Jan Kather on December 16, 2016Last year American artist Charles Ray created a stir with his commissioned figurative sculpture Huck and Jim. Originally meant to be permanently installed along New York City’s High Line in the public plaza outside...
Originally posted by: Hamada Kassam on January 30, 2018EDITOR’S NOTE: The following paper was originally on the program for the 8th International Conferences on the State of Mark Twain Studies, which took place this past August at Elmira College. Unfortunately, Hamada...
Originally posted by: Hamada Kassam on February 28, 2017In The Innocents Abroad (1869), Mark Twain’s first bestseller and one of the most successful travel narratives in American literature, the acclaimed young author singled out and celebrated Damascus in his...
Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on July 26, 2022To The Country Sitting In Darkness: Mark Twain’s Satirical Debate On American Diplomacy (2022)The Culver Academies in northern Indiana have a proud tradition of producing Twainiacs. Hal...
Originally posted by: Charline Jao on April 21, 2022In “How to Tell a Story,” Mark Twain describes a distinctly American style of comedic delivery where what is said is less important than the way one says it:The humorous story is strictly a work of art—high and...
Originally posted by: Larry Howe on June 18, 2020My wife, Judy, and I just spent a blissful week at Quarry Farm. Early June in New York’s Finger Lakes region is a beautiful time—wildflowers add splashes of color to the landscape, bird songs add a soundtrack, and...