On June 19, people around the nation celebrate Juneteenth to commemorate the emancipation of the final group of enslaved ...

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

“James” retells Mark Twain’s American classic, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” from Jim’s perspective ... The larger Duke community will also be able to connect on James’ themes in public events ...

A new crime thriller set partly in Norfolk has been published. Small Acts of Deceit, the fifth novel by Kate High, follows heiress Mauve Gilcrest as she goes on the run after discovering her ...

In the past few weeks and over the next several weeks, we will experience a large number of decisions issued by the United States Supreme Court. This annual flood of Supreme Court opinions means ...

My quest for a true literary experience resulted in choucroute, a surprise organ feast, an epiphany at the Louvre, ...

The theme of this year's Likes Lecture Series ... June 10: The Making of the Real Huckleberry Finn David Weinberg of Vox Humana Productions is producing a feature-length documentary filmed in ...

Two Cars-themed attractions are set to change the face of Frontierland, replacing both Tom Sawyer Island and the Rivers of ...

A few years later, Twain gave us "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." It celebrates this young rogue outcast ... Hamlin Garland and Upton Sinclair who picked up on his "Gilded Age" themes. In his mid ...

Illustrator Marcus Kwame Anderson worked with author David F. Walker on graphic novel “Big Jim and the White Boy.” ...

Character sketches in songs are hard enough to pull off. Craig Finn manages it and adds suspense in "Sarah, Calling From A Hotel".