Ron Chernow’s sweeping new biography explores how the “Huckleberry Finn” author became such a fixture in American literature ...

Samuel Langhorne Clemens was initially, and ever after as Mark Twain, a writer. But after the huge success of the first of ...

Ron Chernow confirms the Twain's literary mastery but contends that the most important character he ever created was his own.

In the late 19th century, a letter addressed to “Mark Twain, God Knows Where” was delivered to him. That was celebrity before ...

George Will misses the era when celebrities were real people. You know, when you could mail a letter to your favorite famous ...

Allergy-inducing plants are those that rely on wind rather than bees or butterflies to spread their pollen. Ragweed, which ...

Samuel Langhorne Clemens may well have led a happier life if he had remained a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi. But then ...

Ron Chernow traces the life of a profound, unpredictable and irascibly witty writer.

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick is a new novel from Ocean Vuong, one of the country’s most admired ...

President Trump announced today that the U.S. would end its sanctions on Syria, which have effectively cut it off from ...

The Hamilton and Grant biographer, out with a new study on Mark Twain, speaks to VF about the best and worst of the iconic ...

Author Ron Chernow joins Morning Joe to discuss his new biography of Mark Twain.