Local Author Series Featuring Mark Dawidziak
Location
CSU Michael Schwartz Library, RT 304
Start Date
7-4-2027 12:00 PM
End Date
7-4-2027 1:30 PM
Description
Presentation, Q&A, Book signing opportunity, and a light lunch
You are invited to attend the Friends of the Library local author event featuring Mark Dawidziak and his book the Lightning Bug and Lightning: Debunking the Myths about Mark Twain, in His own Words. Provocative, poignant, at times heartbreaking, and often hilarious, The Lightning-Bug and the Lightning will shatter the myths, misconceptions, and stereotypes that have surrounded Twain once and for all. Release date is December 1, 2026.
About Mark Dawidziak
Mark Dawidziak is the author or editor of 25 books, including three acclaimed studies of landmark television series: The Columbo Phile, The Night Stalker Companion and Everything I Need to Know I Learned in The Twilight Zone. He also is an internationally recognized Mark Twain scholar, and five of his books are about the iconic American writer. His most recent book, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe, was published by St. Martin’s Press in February 2023.
No less an authority than Ken Burns has said, “Nobody gets Mark Twain the way Mark Dawidziak does.”
Dawidziak taught part-time as an adjunct professor at Kent State University for more than ten years. Each semester since the spring of 2009, he taught the Reviewing Film and Television and Vampires in Film and Television courses. Frequently giving talks on various aspects of Twain’s life and work, he has been the featured speaker at the Mark Twain Museum in Buffalo and the keynote speaker at two National Endowment for the Arts Big Read initiatives devoted to Mark Twain. In addition to being a recognized Twain scholar, he has been portraying Mark Twain on stage for 44 years (with less makeup each year).
He frequently lectures and gives talks on Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, television and vampires. His most popular presentations include The Vampire Talk and Moralists in Disguise (about the personal and professional parallels between Mark Twain and Rod Serling).
He lives in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, with his wife, Sara Showman, and their daughter, Becky.
Cost to Attend
Free
Pre-registration required?
Yes
Local Author Series Featuring Mark Dawidziak
CSU Michael Schwartz Library, RT 304
Presentation, Q&A, Book signing opportunity, and a light lunch
You are invited to attend the Friends of the Library local author event featuring Mark Dawidziak and his book the Lightning Bug and Lightning: Debunking the Myths about Mark Twain, in His own Words. Provocative, poignant, at times heartbreaking, and often hilarious, The Lightning-Bug and the Lightning will shatter the myths, misconceptions, and stereotypes that have surrounded Twain once and for all. Release date is December 1, 2026.
About Mark Dawidziak
Mark Dawidziak is the author or editor of 25 books, including three acclaimed studies of landmark television series: The Columbo Phile, The Night Stalker Companion and Everything I Need to Know I Learned in The Twilight Zone. He also is an internationally recognized Mark Twain scholar, and five of his books are about the iconic American writer. His most recent book, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe, was published by St. Martin’s Press in February 2023.
No less an authority than Ken Burns has said, “Nobody gets Mark Twain the way Mark Dawidziak does.”
Dawidziak taught part-time as an adjunct professor at Kent State University for more than ten years. Each semester since the spring of 2009, he taught the Reviewing Film and Television and Vampires in Film and Television courses. Frequently giving talks on various aspects of Twain’s life and work, he has been the featured speaker at the Mark Twain Museum in Buffalo and the keynote speaker at two National Endowment for the Arts Big Read initiatives devoted to Mark Twain. In addition to being a recognized Twain scholar, he has been portraying Mark Twain on stage for 44 years (with less makeup each year).
He frequently lectures and gives talks on Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, television and vampires. His most popular presentations include The Vampire Talk and Moralists in Disguise (about the personal and professional parallels between Mark Twain and Rod Serling).
He lives in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, with his wife, Sara Showman, and their daughter, Becky.
Comments
This is a free event open to the campus community and the Friends of the Library. Please register here. Lunch will be provided and we want to make sure we have enough food for everyone! And if you are not attending in-person, a Zoom link will be sent to your email address in time for the event.