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Shirtless Writers, Oh My!
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A shirtless photo of Mark Twain has taken the Web by storm....
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Bradley Cooper’s Favorite Books
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Bradley Cooper plays an author hiding a secret in ‘The Words,’ in theaters Sept. 7....
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DeGeneres Nabs Mark Twain Prize
Will receive humor award in October. MORE
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Strange Heritage of Columbus Day
The Genoese mariner’s mark on the American spirit, his meandering voyages to “Asia”—and his fanciful maps. MORE
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Best Books for Oktoberfest
Best reads for Oktoberfest, including Twain, Grass, Nabokov, Isherwood, and more. MORE
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Celebrity-Death Hoaxes
Bill Cosby is the latest to fall victim to a death rumor. See more celebrities who’ve been falsely declared dead. MORE
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Books: A Room With No View
Only a handful of authors have ever known how to get inside the mind of a child and then get what they know on paper.... MORE
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Our Mysterious Stranger
Mark Twain made us wait 100 years for this memoir. He’s still an enigma shrouded in a white suit. MORE
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Excerpt From ‘The Autobiography of Mark Twain’
In a passage from the legendary writer's newly published memoir, he spars with a librarian who's chosen to ban "Huck Finn." MORE
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Let Heath Ledger Rest in Peace
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Christopher Hitchens on Obama's Undeserved Nobel Prize
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Viewpoint: Rumsfeld May Share McNamara's Fate
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