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

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

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 confirms the Twain's literary mastery but contends that the most important character he ever created was his own.

Ron Chernow has written biographies about great men before but in Mark Twain he tackled a larger than life character known ...

Back in March, a group of comic luminaries — from John Mulaney to Nikki Glaser — gathered at the Kennedy Center to celebrate O'Brien for receiving the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Historian Ron Chernow’s latest work may surprise readers who know him best for the book which inspired the musical “Hamilton” ...

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 old America that Donald Trump is dismantling. After his election he ...

When O’Brien’s former sidekick, Andy Richter, took the Kennedy Center stage at the 2025 Mark Twain Prize ceremony, he introduced a new edition of a classic Late Night bit in which O’Brien ...

So there. Conan O’Brien received this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor as scheduled on March 23 at an event put on by the Kennedy Center. He drew applause from the audience when he ...