Ben Shattuck’s hip and ironic ‘The History of Sound’ a perfect pick for Mark Twain award

The short story collection doesn’t just touch on cultural themes Twain would have appreciated, it deals in the sort of ...

Thirty years on, Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall are 'Coming 2 America'

More than 30 years after Prince Akeem Joffer and his sidekick Semmi first travelled to the United States to find a royal ...

Hal Holbrook, award-winning actor acclaimed for his portrayal of Mark Twain, dies at 95 - NYT

Hal Holbrook, an award-winning actor acclaimed for his one-man portrayal of American literary legend Mark Twain and whose film work included portraying the mysterious "Deep Throat" in "All the ...