Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about literary culture. This week’s installment tests your knowledge of ...

Conan O'Brien is the latest recipient of the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. See highlights from the ceremony, from Trump jokes to moving tributes from John Mulaney, Kumail ...

By noon Sunday, regional actor Kelley Elder was already applying makeup to his face inside one of the dressing rooms at ...

Biographer Ron Chernow on how the author of ‘Huckleberry Finn’ made himself one of the world’s most recognizable brands.

Populist and patrician, hustler and moralist, salesman and satirist, he embodied the tensions within his America, and ours.

The Kennedy Center has awarded The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor since 1998 to recognize comedians and people in the funny business for their impact on American society. “For four decades, Conan ...

Regional actor Kelley Elder from Evansville talks about his one-person show "Mark Twain Here!" — where Elder portrays the ...

“Purpose,” a play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins that was commissioned by Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company, has won the 2025 ...

Conan O'Brien, late-night show host, comedian, and podcaster, is the winner of the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, awarded by the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Getting from having a cockroach to Mark Twain’s death-defying miracle started with reflecting on weird idioms, “a group of ...

Actor and historian Doug Riley appeared as Mark Twain at the Brooke County Public Library on April 24. Riley offered a look ...