A bon vivant who overcame a speech impediment and a turbulent youth, Depardieu rose to prominence in the 1970s and became one ...

Pulitzer Prize winning author Ron Chernow chronicles the life of one of the nation's most beloved humorists and writers in ...

Ocean Vuong, a Vietnamese refugee who grew up in Connecticut, set his latest novel in the state, penning a poetic tale about ...

The book on Twain has been in Chernow's thoughts for decades, dating back to when he saw Hal Holbrook play him on stage in ...

CANNES, France (AP) — Robert De Niro will receive an honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, a culmination for the ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Smokey Robinson’s lawyer said allegations of rape and sexual assault against him in a lawsuit from four ...

Ron Chernow’s Mark Twain forces a similar conclusion about its subject: clearly an idiot, and a born sucker. This conclusion ...

M ore than a century after his death, Mark Twain remains one of the most recognizable voices in American literature—the ...

People come to their spiritual beliefs in all kinds of ways — through religious upbringing; as a result of contemplation and prayer; sometimes because of trauma. Sister Monica Clare, an ...

You could trace Larry Perelman’s “American Impresario,” to a Facebook post in the aughts. Or to a letter he wrote in 1994. Or to his family moving to St. Paul from the Soviet Union in the ...