According to the photographs we have of him, Mark Twain spent a lot of time wearing white suits, frowning and playing billiards. He also loved his cat...

Who doesn't love reading the writings of Mark Twain, be it his evocative novels or his sharp-tongued wisdom? His hilarious observations and critiques ...

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, the man behind the pseudonym that brought us such classic works of American literature as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and A...

America's success, Twain believed, depends upon educated, informed and engaged citizens, who demand accountability from elected representatives and speak out for reforms: "It cannot be well, or safe to let the present political conditions continue indefinitely."

With the often-ridiculous U.S. presidential race in full swing, there's at least a 47 percent chance you'd like to forget about politicians for a few hours by immersing yourself in a novel. But be careful which novel you choose, because some of them feature ... politicians!

Some people (like me!) are so busy reading books that they don't bother much with moving-image media such as films and TV. But what about watching YouTube videos relating to ... authors!

The website of the Smithsonian's magazine recently highlighted a quirky slice of history that they have in their collection: the only video in existen...

Authors often write what they know, so it's no surprise that many fictional characters are authors themselves.

Back then I had begun researching a book on Mark Twain, and early on came across an opinion that America's great humorist set down in 1906 about the then president, Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt, Twain wrote, was "far and away the worst president we have ever had."

For millions of Americans, openly identifying as secular has become a way of making a statement, of affirmatively pushing back against politically mobilized religious fundamentalism.

Last week we unveiled to the world our next book choice for the Huffington Post Book Club. Our readers rallied and voted on four choices we eagerly pi...