Tonight on Copper Robot: Celebrating Mark Twain
Mitch Wagner
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From: Mitch Wagner <mi...@mitchwagner.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 12:49 PM
Subject: Next on Copper Robot: Mark Twain
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Join us Wednesday at 6 pm Second Life/Pacific time to celebrate the
life and work of Mark Twain, a week before the centenary of his death.
He's a figure famous around the world as a jolly old man with a halo
of white hair, bushy mustache, and white suit. But like a lot of
famous people from history, people don't really know Mark Twain.
Twain wasn't just a cuddly old guy with an impish sense of humor. His
humor was cutting and powerful, often directed against religious
hypocrisy and American imperialism. More than a century after his
death, his satire still seem contemporary--often unfortunately so.
We'll spend an hour talking about Mark Twain and why he's still
relevant today, with two experts on the man and his work.
WHEN: Wednesday, April 14, 6 pm Pacific/Second Life Time
WHERE: The Copper Robot Theater, World2Worlds Island in Second Life,
or watch the live video on the Web, or listen to the podcast
afterward.
Copper Robot Theater
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Watch the live video
http://copperrobot.com/video/
Our two guests:
David Sloane is an English professor at University of New Haven, and
author of "Mark Twain as a Literary Comedian", along with other books
about Twain and American humor. He is a great-grandson of Thomas
Edison, and is working on a book about his grandmother, Madeleine
Edison.
Harold Bush is a professor of English at Saint Louis University. He is
the author of "Mark Twain and the Spiritual Crisis of his Age". He's
currently working on a book about Mark Twain and imperialism.
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