"James," by Percival Everett, the second book for the 2025 Louisiana Inspired Book Club, has won the Pulitzer Prize for ...

In the late 19th century, Mark Twain was arguably the most famous author in the world, with classics like “The Adventures of ...

Percival Everett’s 2024 novel “James” is an important book, especially for those who want to expand their thinking about Mark ...

It’s said that when “War and Peace” was finished and about to be published, Tolstoy looked at the huge book and suddenly ...

Joe Don Baker is perhaps remembered best for his 1970s action roles, but the late actor's career saw him play a bevy of ...

Who's my huckleberry?

In fact, argues Ron Chernow in a titanic new biography, Twain was “the largest literary personality that America has produced ...

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

An epic new biography of Samuel Clemens confirms the Missourian’s literary mastery but contends that the most important character he ever created was his own. At this moment of deep political division ...