The Mark Twain House & Museum has uploaded the video of my talk there 
last month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n5Sj7e7sFc&t=5s

You can also access it by using these keywords at youtube: Mark Twain 
House Mac Donnell

For any who don't know by now, Twain'ts are derivative uses of Twain's 
name, aphorisms, themes, characters, titles, and even Twain himself in 
writings by others, including novels, pastiches, parodies, advertising, 
as wells as bookplates, beverages, and cigars. I focus mostly on 
"printed" Twain'ts and generally exclude TV, movie, and dramatic 
adaptations which are valid (and large) categories all by themselves. 
I've identified more than 550 printed Twain'ts produced between 1870 and 
2025, and present a slide-show of about 50 representative examples in 
the talk. They range from humorous to tragic, from silly to serious, but 
they are valuable evidence of the various ways each generation has 
responded to Mark Twain.

Most of the rather small audience was sitting in the middle or back of 
the auditorium, so you will only hear the questions and clapping of the 
half-dozen people seated in the first five rows, but you might be able 
to figure out the questions that were asked during the Q&A from my 
answers. Then again, maybe not.

As always, I want to thank the staff at MTH&M for their hospitality--and 
congratulate them on their new director!

Kevin
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