Mark TwainIf Mark Twain were alive today, he’d probably be burning up the Internet on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, Tumblr, and LinkedIn. That’s because Twain was quite the self-promoter and a lover of new technology, especially communications technology.

I recently did a story for the University of Illinois College of LAS on the impish side of the famed author Mark Twain. I interviewed Twain scholar and Illinois English professor, Bruce Michelson.

Check it out below:

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