The Civil War Lives Through Mark Twain’s Fiction—and Donald Trump’s Reality
The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In ...
There’s no humor in tyranny, but there’s power in laughter
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts recently honored comedian Conan O’Brien with the Mark Twain Prize for American ...
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Reflecting on Prof. Elizabeth Wallace’s impact—at UChicago and across the world
As a testament to her profound impact, in May 1955, President and Chancellor Robert Hutchins sent Wallace a telegram for her ...
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Conan O’Brien’s Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Speech
This excerpt from Conan O’Brien’s acceptance speech for the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is quite good. Twai ...
5 Best Trump Burns From Conan O'Brien's Kennedy Center Event
Conan O'Brien received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center, making his award show the first major ...
Duolingo parodied Ashton Hall's morning routine, and it's total genius
The report of Duo the Owl's death was an exaggeration, Mark Twain might have said. Duolingo's brand mascot has made a ...
Missouri’s Nikki Glaser says she’s scared of ‘death threats’ if she tells political jokes
The KU graduate spoke to reporters at this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor festivities at the Kennedy Center in ...
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Mark Twain Prize night turns political as comedians roast Trump
Top comedians turned a Kennedy Center event into a roast of Donald Trump, while celebrating Conan O'Brien's lifetime ...
O’Brien receives Mark Twain humor prize
Conan O’Brien received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday night at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, drawing Sarah Silverman, Will Ferrell, David Letterman ...
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MoDOT delays Mark Twain Bridge closure to later in spring
Planned work on the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge in Hannibal will be delayed to avoid potential traffic issues in the area.
140 years later this is why Mark Twain’s ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ still ignites controversy
It went from being considered vulgar shortly after it was published to a masterpiece decades later. Still, it’s one of the ...