White House Says Bill Maher Isn’t Getting the Mark Twain Prize … But Was He Offered It?  The Hollywood Reporter Fri, 20th March 2026

Ben Shattuck’s New England-set book ‘The History of Sound’ wins Mark Twain award  Boston.com Tue, 7th October 2025

Hal Holbrook, Deep Throat in All the President's Men, dies aged 95  The Guardian Tue, 2nd February 2021

Bill Maher to Receive Mark Twain Prize for Humor After White House Had Called It “Fake News”  The Hollywood Reporter Thu, 26th March 2026

Letters from the Earth by Sadie Stein  The Paris Review Wed, 10th December 2014

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