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Photograph of Quarry Farm by Michael Czarnecki.
The Center for Mark Twain Studies (CMTS) at Elmira College will hold its third lecture in the 2026 Spring Trouble Begins Lecture Series, which takes place on Wednesdays throughout May at the historic Barn at Quarry Farm. Located at 131 Crane Road, the lectures are free and open to the public. Lectures begin at 7:00 p.m., and the remaining lectures will be held on May 20 and May 27.
The third lecture is a poetry reading by Michael Czarnecki, a local poet, and James Plath, Colwell Professor of English at Illinois Wesleyan University.
Czarnecki began writing poetry as a junior in high school and, since then, has lived solely through the creative word, publishing 18 books and giving hundreds of readings throughout the country.
Plath is a recognized Hemingway and Updike scholar who taught Twain as a Fulbright Scholar in Barbados. He is the author-editor of 11 books, including The 100 Greatest Literary Characters and three books of poetry: Courbet, on the Rocks; Everything Shapes Itself to the Sea; and At Quarry Farm.
Czarnecki and Plath stayed at Quarry Farm and wrote poetry inspired by the peacefulness and beauty of the historic property. Each will read some of their poetry, share insights, and talk about what it was like to live and write where Twain composed many of his best-loved works.
7:00 p.m., Wed., May 27: “The Politics of Illustrating Children in Twain’s Adaptation Network” Maggie Morris Davis, Illinois State University
In 1984, the Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies initiated a lecture series, The Trouble Begins at Eight. The title came from the handbill advertising Mark Twain's October 2, 1866 lecture presented at Maguire's Academy of Music in San Francisco. The first lectures were presented in 1985. By invitation, Mark Twain scholars present lectures in the fall and spring of each year, in the Barn at Quarry Farm or at Peterson Chapel in Cowles Hall on Elmira College's campus. All lectures are free and open to the public.
