Acme” and “Lamentations of the Father.” Cora Frazier has contributed humor writing to The New Yorker since 2012. There will ...

While navigating an account of a distressing period of Mark Twain’s life, page 606 of the universally acclaimed author Ron Chernow’s 2025 biography “Mark Twain,” I finally felt my reader’s depression ...

If you ask filmmaker Ken Burns, the greatest American in the country’s history is Abraham Lincoln. That’s what he told former Duke Board of Trustees chairman David Rubenstein, Trinity ‘70, in a ...

COLUMBIA — Students who live at the Mark Twain residence hall on the University of Missouri campus were evacuated early Friday morning around 12:30 a.m. after the fire alarm went off in the building.

The world is remembering country music legend and cultural icon Dolly Parton after her passing yesterday at 80 years old. Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns joins Peter Alexander to share his experiences ...

ST. LOUIS – Back in July 2026, the Missouri Attorney General’s office sent a notice to the owners of the Mark Twain Hotel in downtown St. Louis regarding illegal activity occurring on the property, as ...

CHARLES TOWN — Famous American Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns joined the fight against the Valley Link transmission line project after sharing a video via the Say No to Valley Link website on Friday, ...

EXCLUSIVE: The richest prize in documentary film is down to a half dozen finalists. On Monday, the Library of Congress, The Better Angels Society, Ken Burns, and the Crimson Lion/Lavine Family ...

Ken Burns offered that succinct description of his filmmaking at the Edinburgh Intl. Film Festival on Friday, where the veteran documentarian dug into the craft behind bringing history to life and ...

Prolific U.S. documentarian Ken Burns graced the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Friday, with attendees hanging on to his every word at the city's Central Hall. Among the highlights was Burns ...