Percival Everett’s award-winning novel James has breathed new life into Huck Finn, and now Netflix is streaming Conan O’Brien’s joyous acceptance of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

By comparison, Justin Kaplan’s penetrating 1966 biography, “Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain,” which won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, came in at a brisk 424 pages.

Phoenix Suns superstar Kevin Durant won the Professional Basketball Writers Association’s Magic Johnson Award for the 2024-25 season. The award honors the NBA player who best displays on-court ...

Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant is the winner of the NBA’s 2024-25 Magic Johnson Award. The Professional Basketball Writers Association gives the award annually to the NBA player who excels on th ...

Durant wins the award for the 2nd time, which is given to a player who best combines excellence on the court with cooperation and grace in dealing with the media and fans. Official release Kevin ...

Writing a biography of Mark Twain is a little like building a playpen for a lion. Soon enough the big cat will get loose. Biographer Ron Chernow’s 1,200-page “Mark Twain” is as sturdy a cage as can be ...

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Kevin Durant has been one of the more polarizing ... the Pro Basketball Writers Association rewarded him with its annual Magic Johnson Award, “which honors the NBA player who best combines ...

Grant and Alexander Hamilton. So it comes as no surprise that his biography of author and humorist Mark Twain clocks in at more than 1,000 pages. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow is known ...

Chernow’s “Mark Twain” is well worth that length to learn more about the author best known for introducing readers to Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Chernow’s book aptly portrays Twain ...