Samuel Clemens (the real name of author Mark Twain), is one of the most well-loved writers of all time, certainly up there with the likes of Ernest Hemingway, William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, and ...

"Something at once awful and sublime" (1835-39) -- "The white town, drowsing ..." (1839) -- Of words and the Word (1840-42) -- The Hannibal decade (1843-53 ...

Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about literary culture. This week’s installment tests your knowledge of Mark Twain, one of America’s most popular authors. In the five ...

Mark Twain’s many lives. A new biography depicts the different sides of the American author. Some people live several lives. Mark Twain lived half a dozen. As a boy in Hannibal, Missouri, he saw his ...

Books for fall 2026: Award-hungry novels, celeb memoirs and romantasy Exploring Icelandic author Jón Kalman Stefánsson’s Trilogy about the Boy Macalester prof emeritus Marlon James a finalist for ...