The Humorous Heart of America Every year, we celebrate the birthday of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), America’s ...

Today, we celebrate the 190th birthday of the “father of American literature,” Mark Twain, a storyteller whose wit, wisdom, and honesty spoke to the heart Every child deserves a safe and nurturing ...

Birmingham Festival Theatre presents: An Evening with Mark Twain: A Humorist Who is Really Funny. Join Edward Miller in his engaging portrayal of the American humorist, Mark Twain. The year is 1905 as ...

Now, Kitty brings that voice home to Sarasota with the first annual Mark Twain Festival at the historic Crocker Church in ...

Mark Twain wrote literary classics such as "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," but as Ron Chernow's hefty biography of him shows, he also nursed grudges and suffered great losses. (Hulton Archive / ...

Clachko hopes these sources—even the house tour—offer up clues about how Twain wielded humor. Twain himself didn’t reveal ...

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Kevin Hart got emotional when accepting one of comedy's highest honors: the Mark Twain Prize for humor. "You remind me … why I love comedy so much," Chappelle said at the Sunday night ceremony, noting ...