Twain Autobiography in the News

Litquake's the first-ever Mark Twain Ball, presented with the Bancroft Library, UC Press, and California Historical Society will be the first Bay Area launch  celebrating  publication of  Mark Twain's Autobiography, Vol. 1. We know you'll want to join us at the Ball.We're far from the only ones excited about the Autobiography—it's all over the web.  While you're waiting for the Ball, you can read all about it at the listings below, as well as a plethora of others.
Dead for a Century, Twain Says What He Meant, Larry Rohter, The New York Times "Wry and cranky, droll and cantankerous — that’s the Mark Twain we think we know, thanks to reading “Huck Finn” and “Tom Sawyer” in high school. But in his unexpurgated autobiography, whose first volume is about to be published a century after his death, a very different Twain emerges, more pointedly political and willing to play the role of the angry prophet." Dead 100 Years, Mark Twain Lets Loose, Jeff Glor, CBS Sunday Morning News "'The Adventures of Mark Twain' isn't the actual title of the memoir by the author of 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' But the story of how this book is finally coming to be published is a bit of an adventure tale all its own." After keeping us waiting for a century, Mark Twain will finally reveal all, Guy Adams, The Independent (London) "The creator of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and some of the most frequently misquoted catchphrases in the English language left behind 5,000 unedited pages of memoirs when he died in 1910, together with handwritten notes saying that he did not want them to hit bookshops for at least a century." Mark Twain's Discourse: A Timeless Writing Course, Patricia Benesh, Huffington Post "With the current excitement about the first volume of Mark Twain's autobiography to be published in November, I re-visited some pages of his quotes about writing I'd collected through the years. I was astounded by the number and scope of Twain's advice -- and admonishments. I've culled 3000+ words to a mere 700. I hope you'll comment and add your favorites..." Mark Twain's Last Stunt, David Downs, East Bay Express "As it turns out, Mark Twain had one more joke up his sleeve. Scholars at UC Berkeley are having the moment of their careers as they prepare to release the Autobiography of Mark Twain. Appearing in three hardcover volumes from UC Press starting November 15, the autobiography reveals the iconic American novelist's true feelings about his family and associates, as well as his frustrations with Christianity, Wall Street, and US foreign policy. The creator of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn is so candid in the half-million dictated pages that he mandated that the unedited text be suppressed until one hundred years after his death. On November 15, that date arrives..."