Conan O’Brien's Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize is now streaming on Netflix with tributes and hilarious performances.

In our weekly late night TV recap, everybody loves Conan O'Brien as he wins the Mark Twain Prize. Plus Amber Ruffin talks to ...

Ron Chernow traces the life of a profound, unpredictable and irascibly witty writer.

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 ...

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

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

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow chronicles the life of one of the nation's most beloved humorists and writers in ...

Mark Twain was America’s first celebrity ... After he died, his work lived on through his novels, and his influence has ...

The new biography of Mark Twain from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow covers all aspects of the life of the Hartford ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow about his new book, "Mark Twain," in which he illuminates the complex life of the writer.