Stories by samclemens

Slavery After Abolition: Revolt on the Amelia

John Ashbery's Analyst

Why did Joan Didion abandon her book about the Manson murders?

Stop AI-Shaming Our Precious, Kindly Em Dashes–Please

"Mocha Dick," the White Whale of the Pacific

Fitzgerald's Follies

'The Devil Wears Rothko' Review: Victimhood and Vanity

When Coke and Pepsi Fought for Soft Drink in Outer Space

A grand tour through the essays of Lewis H. Lapham

The battle for Britain’s first book of the month club

Shadow of a Doubt

Mierle Laderman Ukeles, a '70s artist who became a hero to 'garbage men'

The Epic of James Joyce

I am an audience, first and foremost

Twain Dreams

The Maid Who Restored Charles II

I Am an Audience, First and Foremost

The Victorians, Creation, and the Dinosaur Problem

All That Is Solid Bursts into Flame: Capitalism and Fire in the 19th Century US

The Connoisseur of Desire

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