Conan O'Brien is the latest recipient of the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. See highlights from the ...

The Pulitzer-winning presidential biographer discusses his new book about the life of a literary founding father.

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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.

The Kennedy Center has been in the news a lot over the last couple of months. Named for JFK, it’s one of the bastions of that ...

Pulitzer Prize winning author Ron Chernow is known for writing massive biographies of the country's most enduring figures, ...