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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Visit www.marktwainaward.org for tickets and more information.

#MarkTwainHouse #TwainAward #BenShattuck #TheHistoryofSound #AmericanVoiceInLiterature #LiteraryAwards #MarkTwain

The Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award | Celebrate American Voices – Get Inspired

Discover the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award, honoring writers shaping America's cultural narrative. Explore past winners and current judges.

www.marktwainaward.org

The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Join us on November 7 for the official Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award Celebration at The Mark Twain House & Museum, featuring remarks by David Baldacci and a conversation between Ben Shattuck and Rand Richards Cooper.

The Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award | Celebrate American Voices – Get Inspired

Discover the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award, honoring writers shaping America's cultural narrative. Explore past winners and current judges.

www.marktwainaward.org

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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Chosen from 148 submissions, The History of Sound captures the essence of the American voice, stories of love, memory, and connection that echo across generations.

A digital graphic featuring Ben Shattuck and the History of Sound.

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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · 1d

We Have a Winner! 🎉🏆

The Mark Twain House & Museum proudly announces Ben Shattuck as the recipient of the 2025 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award for his stunning story collection, The History of Sound (Viking). @vikingbooks.bsky.social @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 12d

Just posted this up at @marktwainhouse.bsky.social and you can read and respond here. It's an excerpt from "What Have The Police Been Doing?" published in San Francisco, in 1866, and it's a Twain piece I've wanted to share in this forum for years. It felt like the right moment.

Sam’s Shorts - Mark Twain House

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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · 18d

“The devil’s aversion to holy water is a light matter compared with a despot’s dread of a newspaper that laughs.”

- “The American Press,” first printed in Mark Twain: Press Critic, University of California Press, 2003.

Samuel Clemens also known as Mark Twain, sitting and reading a newspaper.

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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · 21d

🔗 Register here: marktwainhouse.org/event/more-t...

#MarkTwainHouse #HartfordEvents #JohnWarner #WritingCommunity #BookTalk #AIandWriting

A digital graphic for the More Than Words event at the Mark Twain House and Museum.

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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · 21d

Expect thought-provoking insights about writing, creativity, and what it means to think in the age of algorithms.

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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · 21d

✨ Free Event This Friday, 9/19! ✨

Join us at The Mark Twain House & Museum, in person or online, for a conversation with John Warner, author of More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI.

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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · 29d

We re-open for visits tomorrow, so book a tour with us today: ci.ovationtix.com/35359

#MarkTwainHouse #MarkTwain #Museums #Tours #Tourism #Connecticut

The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · 29d

The Mark Twain House & Museum family just got a little bigger. ❤️

Please join us in welcoming our newest guides! They’ll be leading tours, answering questions, and helping to share Twain’s timeless words with every visitor who walks through our doors.

A group of new tour guides posing on the deck of the Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT.

A group of new tour guides posing on the patio of the Mark Twain House Museum in Hartford, CT.

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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · Aug 29

"Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied."

- "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar"

Visit the home where Twain's wit still speaks to the world The Mark Twain House & Museum

#MarkTwain #MarkTwainHouse #MarkTwainQuotes #TwainQuotes

A black and white photo of Twain in a dark suit looking directly at the camera.

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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · Aug 22

They call it "bed rot," these days. He called it Friday.

#BedRot #MarkTwain #MarkTwainHouse #ChillinLikeAVillain

Mark Twain lying in bed in a robe reading a book with pipe in hand.

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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · Aug 20

🔗 Read the full press release here: marktwainhouse.org/2025/08/20/t...

🌐 Visit our new Award site: www.marktwainaward.org

#MarkTwainAward #AmericanVoiceInLiterature #MarkTwainHouse

The Mark Twain House & Museum Announces 2025 Shortlist for the American Voice in Literature Award - Mark Twain House

THE MARK TWAIN HOUSE & MUSEUM ANNOUNCES 2025 SHORTLIST FOR THE AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD August 20, 2025, Hartford, CT — The Mark Twain House & Museum is proud to announce the 2025 Shortlist ...

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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · Aug 20

We’re thrilled to announce the 2025 Shortlist for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award (Mark Twain Award)! 📖

This year’s list spans voices, regions, and stories that shine new light on the American experience.

The 2025 Mark Twain Award Shortlist graphic with author and book names.

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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · Aug 19

According to long-time writing teacher John Warner: not very much. In More Than Words, Warner calls for us to use AI as an opportunity to reckon with how we work with words—and how all of us should rethink our relationship with writing.

Reserve your spot here:

marktwainhouse.org/event/more-t...

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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · Aug 19

In the age of artificial intelligence, drafting an essay is as simple as typing a prompt and pressing enter. What does this mean for the art of writing?

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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · Aug 19

📢 FREE EVENT! Join us in-person or via livestream on September 19, 7PM (ET) for MORE THAN WORDS: HOW TO THINK ABOUT WRITING IN THE AGE OF AI.

#AI #AuthorEvent #MarkTwainHouse #Literature #Connecticut #Hartford #ArtificialIntelligence @erinbartram.bsky.social

A digital flyer for the More Than Words book event at the Mark Twain House and Museum.

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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · Aug 6

“Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society. Who shall say that this is not the golden age of credit?”

— The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873)

#MarkTwain #TwainQuotes #MarkTwainHouse #GildedAge

Mark Twain wearing a top hat. George Grantham Bain Collection

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · Aug 5

Another day, another poem from the @marktwainhouse.bsky.social youth summer writing program. The students take a trip to the Wadsworth Atheneum to practice ekphrastic writing, and this was inspired by "Lady St. John as Hebe" by Sir Thomas Lawrence. journey75.org/2025/whisper...

You could not keep a woman,
so you summoned a goddess.
In this frame, she would not age,
she could not walk away.

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · Aug 4

For 12 years @marktwainhouse.bsky.social has been running this program and the writing is *always* amazing.

Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · Jul 31

I just wrapped my six-week youth creative writing program at Twain and, as always, I'm amazed by the work they produced. Here are a few of my favorites, starting with this brilliant poem that has haunted me since Iris wrote it in the first week. (CW the title's literal) journey75.org/2024/stillbi...

Stillbirth

You were dying butterflies.

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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · Aug 4

The program is supported by the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation's New Era Writers Program and an anonymous donor through the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

#NookFarmVoices #NookFarmWritersCollaborative #MarkTwainHouse #Literature #NFWC2025 #Journey75

The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · Aug 4

This was the 12th summer of youth writing at the museum. Each summer it is open to CT writers between 14 and 18. The students learned dozens of different forms and genres, wrote individual and collaborative pieces, had workshops with authors and journalists and Oscar-nominated screenwriters.

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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · Aug 4

The program is inspired by Mark Twain’s life as a working writer, someone who wrote in a variety of genres and cultivated a range of skills in order to sustain a career in a challenging publishing world.

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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · Aug 4

The Nook Farm Writers Collaborative is a summer creative writing apprenticeship at The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Connecticut under the guidance of under the guidance of writing teachers Victoria Nordlund and Jamie Pisacane and program coordinator Grace DiModugno.

A group of NFWC 2025 students at the final showcase.

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