The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In ...

On a night when half a dozen people made jokes about this being the last-ever Mark Twain Prize, Conan O’Brien made sure the ...

A century back, our forefathers could not have imagined that the life we are currently living could be a reality someday - ...

Conan O’Brien is opening up about his decision to honor a commitment he made to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Several performers have ...

The comedian's lifetime achievement honor occurs amid unprecedented leadership changes and artistic protests at the national cultural center.

In accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ... “I have loved all my life comedy that is self-critical, deflating and dedicated to the proposition that we are all flawed, absurd ...

He said the example of Mark Twain’s own life and career was particularly resonant at this moment in American history. “Twain hated bullies. … He punched up, not down, and he deeply ...

He said the example of Mark Twain's own life and career was particularly resonant at this moment in American history. “Twain hated bullies. ... He punched up, not down, and he deeply empathized ...

WASHINGTON — On a night when half a dozen people made jokes about this being the last-ever Mark Twain Prize, Conan O’Brien made sure the ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the ...