Washington, D.C. - "On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize" salutes Lily Tomlin, one the country's most beloved comediennes and the 2003 recipient of the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain ...

The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, now celebrating its 25th anniversary, is bestowed annually upon individuals who have made indelible contributions to the world of comedy and American ...

The “Jumanji: The Next Level” star looked on as performers saluted — and sometimes roasted him, clocking in countless zingers about his less-than-towering stature — at the Kennedy Center in Washington ...

The Mark Twain House & Museum has awarded the 2024 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award to Alice McDermott for her ...

Percival Everett’s novel “James" has won a $50,000 prize that continues Everett’s recent wave of literary honors.

Everett’s breezy, fast-moving retelling of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) is about putting in some ...

Percival Everett is back on the Booker Prize shortlist with James. After the success of his 2022 Book Prize nominated The ...

and will be awarded £50,000 in prize money. A re-telling of Mark Twain’s masterpiece Huckleberry Finn, Everett’s novel follows the experience of Finn’s companion James, a runaway slave.

The Booker Prize 2024 has confirmed its shortlist this ... Everett crafts a captivating response to Mark Twain's classic, Huckleberry Finn, that is both a bold exploration of a dark chapter ...

The prestigious prize is open to works of fiction written ... Everett's James is a retelling of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written from the perspective of the runaway slave ...

This year's Booker Prize shortlist features more women than ... "Combining vertiginous comedy with stylistic bravado", Everett reimagines Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" from ...

Emmy and Grammy-nominated comedian and Mark Twain Prize recipient Kevin Hart announced he will be rolling into second and third shows in eight cities on the 2025 leg of his wildly popular stand-up ...