Special Episode of The American Vandal Podcast Dedicated To Twain Scholar, Hal Bush
Fellow Twainiacs read aloud to friend and colleague, Hal Bush, as he recovers from a severe brain injury.
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A Music Box, Minstrel Songs, & Mark Twain’s Emo Playlist
Mark Twain’s complicated relationship with music reveals much about his writing process, personality, politics, and family relationships.
Unsealing the Archive of T.S. Eliot’s Love Letters to Emily Hale
In 2020, Princeton unsealed an archive left behind by a fairly anonymous teacher and dramatist with a very famous friend…
2021 Season of The American Vandal Podcast Begins With “The Myths of Reconstruction in the Wake of Insurrection”
Brook Thomas discusses the myths of Reconstruction on new episode of The American Vandal.
2020: The Year In Review
Staff gathers to discuss the past and future of Quarry Farm and CMTS.
New Episode of American Vandal Explores Origins of Police Departments in San Francisco & Charleston
Mark Twain and James Redpath both, in the years surrounding the American Civil War, denounced police forces for violently oppressing people of color.
2020 Quarry Farm Symposium is Subject of Most Recent Episode of The American Vandal
Judith Yaross Lee, author of “American Humor & Matters of Empire,” discusses the 2020 Quarry Farm Symposium and the history of American Humor Studies on The American Vandal.
New Episode of The American Vandal Focuses on Elmira Correctional Facility
Anthropologist and Urban Studies professor, Andrea Morrell, talks about the history of Elmira Correctional Facility amidst a COVID outbreak within its walls.
Wild To Move: Mark Twain in Cleveland
Did Mark Twain almost settle in Cleveland?