Stories by samclemens

English in the Real World

Can a novel capture the power of money?

The Birth of Brainstorming

Bad Manors: The McMansion as Harbinger

The Language of Democracy

What scares master of suspense Dean Koontz? Plenty

Parenting tech opens the door to state surveillance

Digitized silhouette portraits shed light on 19th century life

Why Tocqueville Matters

How Allan Gurganus Became a Writer

The Origins of Creativity

Joel Warner’s “The Curse of the Marquis de Sade”

Searching for the Spirit of the Midwest

Manhattan’s Last Arcadia: Estate Plans from the Index of American Design (1936)

You and the Atomic Bomb (1945)

Rational Dress Society

Subterranean Treasures: Cormac McCarthy’s late style

A Master of a Curious Midcentury Art Form, the Industrial Musical

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Last Act

Writer's Award Winner Philip Clark on the Sounds of New York City: Part II

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