MARK TWAIN: The Iconic American
Our popular lecture series explores the social, literary and private life of Mark Twain. Years of research, writing, and performing goes into every lecture. A Q&A session follows each one.
These lectures are available individually or in a series. Historically, we have also successfully combined multiple lectures into full day events. If you don’t see the topic you would like presented, let’s discuss it.
Our Audience
- Continuing Education (community programs)
- Senior communities
- Book clubs
- Libraries
- Higher Education guest lectures
Current Lecture Topics
- MARK TWAIN: A Brutally Brief Biography
- The Comedy and Tragedy of Mark Twain: Comedians often cite – or are cited for – addictive behavior, depression, and tragedy as a source of their humor. This lecture explores Twain’s experience
- Mark Twain’s Themes: An Examination of Twain’s Writing and Performing Processes and Major Themes
- Twain’s Characters: Characters are most effective when based on real people. In this lecture, we look at the folks who inspired Twain’s characters.
- Mark Twain in Business: The Idiot’s Guide to Chasing Rainbows
- The Plays of Mark Twain: Successes, failures and the secrets of longevity
- A Clemens Family Portrait: We explore what it was like to live and socialize with Mark Twain
- The Political Mark Twain: Changing times call for severing ties and rethinking alliances
- Religion According to Mark Twain: The author was raised on Fire and Brimstone. Tragedy predicted his conversion to Agnosticism
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Grant Program
We use grants to defray the cost of our lecture series to seniors and others who are physically challenged. But the cost of presenting each program often exceeds the amount of the grant. Please consider making a donation to help our programs reach more people in need.
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