Chernow specializes in big American lives. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of George Washington, and another of his ...

But then he never would have become Mark Twain — with all the heartache, frustration and dadgum bother (as he might put it) ...

Populist and patrician, hustler and moralist, salesman and satirist, he embodied the tensions within his America, and ours.

Biographer Ron Chernow on how the author of ‘Huckleberry Finn’ made himself one of the world’s most recognizable brands.

Ron Chernow’s biography of Mark Twain, United We Dream co-founder Cristina Jiménez’s debut memoir, and poet and novelist Ocean Vuong’s follow-up to his 2019 novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.

What to read this May from a superb debut novel to a five-star biography - THE LIST: Martin Chilton shares his May reading ...

We tend to think of celebrity as a modern phenomenon, but Mark Twain first mapped out this territory more than a hundred years ago. So vivid was his presence and captivating his wit that he is ...