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Mark Twain

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8 months ago

This solid comedy-drama features the ever-watchable Hollywood star as a washed-up pro given a shot at redemption when he mentors a teen prodigy. It’s pleasant, feelgood TV

I’ve never met a golfer in r…

9 months ago

Proposed rule change could pave way for president to fire economists whose figures prove politically inconvenient

Summarizing his befuddlement with numbers, Mark Twain observed that there were “lies, …

Mark Twain by Ron Chernow review – the story of America’s first literary celebrity, from the author of Hamilton ○

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A definitive new biography takes in adventures on the Mississippi, racist stereotypes and get-rich-quick schemes

In his lifetime, Mark Twain was the greatest literary celebrity the world had ever know…

10 months ago

Philadelphia’s Speling Reform Asoshiashun wasn’t the only group to demand a simpler way of putting things in print

You may be familiar with the ghoti, the shiny animal with fins that lives in the wate…

11 months ago

The great American writer Mark Twain once said 'I can live for two months on a good compliment' - but many of us view expressions of praise as insincere, a poll has found.

Dominic Hoffman narrates this satirical, Booker-nominated reworking of the children’s classic, written from the perspective of the enslaved Jim

This satirical, Booker-shortlisted tale flips the script…

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