Zirpoli quotes New York Times writer Frank Bruni ... A sovereign nation controls its borders and protects its citizens. Mark Twain said, “Citizenship is what makes a republic; monarchies can ...

Avay Shukla's latest book 'takes aim at some of our less than admirable personalities and practices', and the foreword is a hoot!

As a Northerner living in Dublin, I sometimes I get weary with the way that the great bulk of news from Northern Ireland is ...

Literature is often a source of state pride, with a vast array of novels set in and around each of the great 50 states. With this list, you can tour the entire country—without ever leaving home.

Ron Chernow has written biographies about great men before but in Mark Twain he tackled a larger than life character known ...

From his childhood, Samuel Clemens was devoted to showmanship, exaggeration and the joy of a tall tale.

Ron Chernow’s Mark Twain forces a similar conclusion about its subject: clearly an idiot, and a born sucker. This conclusion ...

Historian Ron Chernow’s latest work may surprise readers who know him best for the book which inspired the musical “Hamilton” ...

Mark Twain wrote literary classics such as "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," but as Ron Chernow's hefty biography of him shows, he also nursed grudges and suffered great losses. (Hulton Archive ...

More than a century after his death, Mark Twain ... patience and care, Twain’s journey over nearly eight tumultuous decades. Mr. Chernow’s tale is enlivened by blazing quotes from Twain ...