Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies

Never a bad time to revisit Thomas Reigstad’s excellent work on the history of Jervis Langdon’s coal company.

Our friends at the The Mark Twain House & Museum will be continuing their "Trouble Begins at 5:30" today (12/9). Steve Courtney will be interviewed about the Twain-Twichell Letters. Make sure to tune in! https://marktwainstudies.com/the-trouble-begins-in-hartfor/

A viral piece of Twain apocrypha which originates in the trenches of 1980s writing pedagogy. Nobody's perfect. https://marktwainstudies.com/the-apocryphal-twain-writing-/

Here is the CFP for the 2021 The New York State Political Science Association (NYSPSA) Annual Conference. The conference organizers are especially interested in the political aspects of Mark Twain's writing. https://marktwainstudies.com/cfp-new-york-state-political-/

In the most recent issue of /American Literary Realism/, Leslie Myrick unravels the mystery of a Mark Twain imposter who traveled through and eventually died in Australia, one of the first occasions when reports of Twain's death were greatly exaggerated. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/774690

Mark Twain's Self-Pasting Scrap Book was very popular and profitable. Ellen Gruber Garvey, author of Writing With Scissors, examines how Twain's invention was used by two prominent voices in the Women's Rights Movement. https://marktwainstudies.com/how-mark-twain-supported-wome/