“Work An’ Buy Yo’ Freedom”: The Story of Henry Washington’s Promise To His Mother
It has been 150 years since Mary Ann Cord recounted the story of her separation from and reunion with her exceptional son.
Tag: A True Story
Unlearning Racism: What Roles Can Works By Mark Twain Play in An Anti-Racist Pedagogy?
A wonderful essay by Shelley Fisher Fishkin originally published in the Japanese literary journal, Mark Twain Studies.
Black Lives Matter at Quarry Farm
In “A True Story,” written at Quarry Farm in 1874, Mark Twain frankly acknowledges his ignorance of black experience. Larry Howe discusses how Twain uses the story to check his own privilege and amplify the voice of a black woman, Mary Ann Cord.
Members of the Elmira College Community Perform A Revised Version of “A True Story”
In September 2019, the Elmira College community performed a revised version of “A True Story”
Fall Issue of Mark Twain Journal Honors Kevin Mac Donnell
The Fall 2016 issue of the Mark Twain Journal honors scholar, collector, and longtime Friend of the Center, Kevin Mac Donnell. Mac Donnell has spent the past thirty years building the largest private collection of Twain-related books, manuscripts, and artifacts. Mac Donnell’s personal archive provides the foundation for dozens of his own publications, including Mark Twain & Youth, co-edited with R. Kent Rasmussen, a collection of essays which provides the theme for the […]