Mark Twain Day By Day 150 Years Ago – February 7, 1871
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Elmira Composer’s Arrangement of Clemens Family Poem Performed at Mark Twain House by Hartford Chamber Ensemble
Listen to & learn about “Good Night, Dear Heart,” a composition by Elmira native, Dan Forrest, based upon Susy Clemens’s headstone.
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.
Death at Christmastime: Mark Twain & The Music of Merciful Release
Mark Twain spent much of the last decade of his life in mourning. Music became the centerpiece of his grieving process. Matt Seybold unwraps Twain’s personal soundtrack to loss and remembrance.
Check Out This Bonus Episode of The American Vandal on Mark Twain in Elmira & Consider Submitting a Proposal to the C19 Podcast
Bonus Episode of The American Vandal Podcast re-releases the episode on Mark Twain in Elmira we did with C19 in 2019.
Final Episode of Inaugural Season of The American Vandal Podcast Features Reading & Discussion of Mark Twain’s “Letter From Santa Claus”
In homage to the season, we dedicate an episode to Mark Twain’s 1875 letter to his daughter, in which he impersonates the “jolly old elf.”
New Episode of The American Vandal Podcast Focuses on Good Lord Bird
James McBride’s 2013 novel, Good Lord Bird, was ubiquitously compared to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This episode features discussion of the recent Showtime miniseries adaptation.
The Apocryphal Twain: “Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.”
Mark Twain may have made writing look easy, but he didn’t think it actually was.
How Mark Twain Supported Women’s Suffrage
Mark Twain’s Self-Pasting Scrap Book was favored by prominent figures in the Women’s Rights Movement like Anna Dickinson and Elizabeth Boynton Harbert.
Mark Twain Prize Winner Dave Chappelle is Subject of New Episode of The American Vandal
Comedy scholars discuss the recent work of stand-up comic Dave Chappelle on The American Vandal Podcast, from the Center for Mark Twain Studies.