The Civil War Lives Through Mark Twain’s Fiction—and Donald Trump’s Reality
The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In ...
Conan O’Brien Accepts Mark Twain Prize for Humor While Acknowledging the Kennedy Center’s Uncertain Future
Among those paying tribute to the comedian at Sunday night's event in Washington, D.C., were Adam Sandler, John Mulaney, ...
There’s no humor in tyranny, but there’s power in laughter
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts recently honored comedian Conan O’Brien with the Mark Twain Prize for American ...
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Reflecting on Prof. Elizabeth Wallace’s impact—at UChicago and across the world
As a testament to her profound impact, in May 1955, President and Chancellor Robert Hutchins sent Wallace a telegram for her ...
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Conan O’Brien’s Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Speech
This excerpt from Conan O’Brien’s acceptance speech for the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is quite good. Twai ...
Conan O’Brien honored with Mark Twain Prize for humor as politics roils the Kennedy Center
Conan O’Brien accepted the award for lifetime achievement in comedy Sunday night, making him the 26th recipient of the Mark ...
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5 Best Trump Burns From Conan O'Brien's Kennedy Center Event
Conan O'Brien received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center, making his award show the first major ...
Missouri’s Nikki Glaser says she’s scared of ‘death threats’ if she tells political jokes
The KU graduate spoke to reporters at this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor festivities at the Kennedy Center in ...
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Mark Twain Prize night turns political as comedians roast Trump
Top comedians turned a Kennedy Center event into a roast of Donald Trump, while celebrating Conan O'Brien's lifetime ...
140 years later this is why Mark Twain’s ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ still ignites controversy
It went from being considered vulgar shortly after it was published to a masterpiece decades later. Still, it’s one of the ...
O’Brien receives Mark Twain humor prize
Conan O’Brien received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday night at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, drawing Sarah Silverman, Will Ferrell, David Letterman ...