Ron Chernow’s sweeping new biography explores how the “Huckleberry Finn” author became such a fixture in American literature and life, despite his failings ...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer's latest book delves into the life, complexities and sardonic humor of a man who remains a vital presence in American culture.

Mark Twain was first encountered by the reviewer as the avuncular, white-haired visage joining the purple-clad Robert Louis ...

The death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner was mourned by fans and admirers of the actor. He played the only son of Bill Cosby’s Cliff ...

Twain’s total take, after expenses, came to $400. Not bad for a night’s work, but he hoped to do better. So he took his show on the road, embarking on a hastily organized tour of California ...

Quotes Mark Twain as saying of journalists that it is "far better" to "fear the media for they will steal your honor" and describes them as "a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons…" ...

Adam Sandler wanted to know. That was, he said, his first question when the Kennedy Center told him he would be receiving the 24th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, which he accepted Sunday ...

Mark Twain, aka Samuel Clemens, didn’t have much of anything good to say about religion, at least the organized kind. “I have a religion — but you will call it blasphemy,” he wrote in a ...

A big honor for “Big Daddy.” Comedy megastar Adam Sandler was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor during a star-filled ceremony at Washington’s Kennedy Center Sunday night.