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Ron Chernow’s exceptional biography devours the life’s work of Mark Twain, the perfect American writer who lived an imperfect ...

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The marquee outside the Hermosa Beach Community Theatre read: Pages Presents An Evening with Ron Chernow. But inside, the ...

I love America and have a heart broken. On Friday I finished watching Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's "The Vietnam War." Saturday and Sunday I watched "The House I Live In" and "The Vermont Movie" before ...

Professor Stanley Stepanic is best known for his popular Dracula course, but his recommendation for this summer is a Japanese manga series based on the popular role-playing video game series Wizardry.

The Humanities Institute has an outsized impact on UC Santa Cruz and the wider world with its strong focus on research ...