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Mark Twain

What Happened to Val Kilmer? He’s Just Starting to Figure It Out.

Cancer has taken his voice, but the unlikeliest movie star in Hollywood history still has a lot he wants to say.

Taffy Brodesser-Akner New York Times Magazine May 2020 30min Permalink

Movies & TV

Val Kilmer Doesn't Believe in Death

The iconic actor played Iceman, Doc Holliday, Batman, and Jim Morrison, but behind all the mythic roles was a man grasping for meaning wherever he could find it. Here he opens up about cancer, strength, and death.

Alex Pappademas Men's Health Apr 2020 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "What Will Make It Last"

Unspoken issues grip a couple's dinner along the Mississippi River.

Ashley Strosnider Joyland Magazine May 2016 10min Permalink

Arts

His Own Best Straight Best Man

On Mark Twain’s recently released memoir.

Andrew Delbanco New York Review of Books Feb 2011 Permalink