Twain for Teachers – Center for Mark Twain Studies

Samuel Langhorne Clemens “Mark Twain” (Mark Twain Studies Resource Page)

Posted on September 25, 2024September 25, 2024 by Gary Scharnhorst

Gary Scharnhorst offers us a resource page on one of the most important figures in America literature, Mark Twain.

Olivia Susan “Susy” Clemens (Mark Twain Studies Resource Page)

Posted on August 15, 2024 by Linda A. Morris

Linda A. Morris (UC, Davis) provides a detailed account of the life of Sam and Livy’s oldest daughter, Susy.

Annis Ford Eastman (Mark Twain Studies Resource Page)

Posted on August 12, 2024August 12, 2024 by Mary Lemak

Mary Lemak details the life of the author of Twain’s eulogy and the mother of Crystal and Max Eastman

CMTS Announces the 2024 Quarry Farm Fireplace Winners

Posted on June 26, 2024 by Center for Mark Twain Studies

Check out the winners of the 2024 CMTS writing contest based on the fireplace tiles in the Quarry Farm parlor

Mark Twain’s Time In Hawai’i (Mark Twain Studies Resource Page)

Posted on December 29, 2023December 29, 2023 by James Caron

James E. Caron discusses one of the most important events in the early career of Sam Clemens

Unlearning Racism: What Roles Can Works By Mark Twain Play in An Anti-Racist Pedagogy?

Posted on December 5, 2023December 5, 2023 by Shelley Fisher Fishkin

A wonderful essay by Shelley Fisher Fishkin originally published in the Japanese literary journal, Mark Twain Studies.

Olivia Langdon Clemens: A Life Summary

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Barbara Snedecor

Barbara Snedecor provides an information page dedicated to Twain’s wife and profound influence on the author’s life and writings

The Innocents Abroad: Mark Twain’s Seminal Narrative

Posted on August 25, 2023March 3, 2025 by Jeffrey Melton

Jeffrey Melton contributes an information resource page on Twain’s seminal travel narrative and first full-length book

Mark Twain Shuffles Off to Buffalo

Posted on August 18, 2023August 18, 2023 by Thomas Reigstad

Tom Reigstad provides a summary of Mark Twain’s prolific period in Buffalo, New York

Teaching Mark Twain’s “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg”

Posted on July 19, 2023July 20, 2023 by Jocelyn Chadwick & Matt Seybold

Jocelyn’s Slides The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (Harpers, December 1899) Example Writing Prompts (Possibly Apocryphal) Hadleyburgs Fredonia, NY Oberlin, OH Adaptations Graphic Novel by Wander Antunes (Simon & Schuster, November 2023) The Small Town by Xu Xinhua (Jiangsua Huai Opera Company, 2016) Audiobook (Blackstone, 2004) TV Movie by Mark Harris (PBS, 1980) Radio Play by Sam Dann (CBS Radio Mystery Theater, 1976) “The Man Who Demoralized Hadleyburg” by Zkislaw Skowronski […]