The prolific biographer Ron Chernow has chronicled the Missouri author's life in a new book titled simply "Mark Twain," that’s already hit the top of The New York Times best-sellers list.

America's best known and most revered storyteller, Mark Twain (1835-1910), is remembered for his novels, satirical punditry ...

Mark Twain” is from Ron Chernow, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of biographies of Alexander Hamilton (Chernow’s biography ...

but is rarely thought of as a political thinker and activist A lengthy and remarkably revealing new biography by prize-winning author Ron Chernow ("Mark Twain," Penguin, 2025) highlights Twain's ...

It's time for our annual "Summer Beach Reads" episode on Dying to Ask. The 2025 summer titles will not disappoint.

Shopping for the old man doesn't need to be hard. Michael Sebastian, a dad of two, makes it easy with his list of the best ...

Since the best book recommendations come from friends, WBEZ asked seven very literary locals what books they're reading for ...

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