Stories by samclemens

Adventure Painters of the Southwest

Samuel Adams Helped Ferment a Revolution

The Los Angeles Breakfast Club Nearly Disappeared

A Priceless Archive of Ordinary Life

The Haunted Past

Joan Didion’s Life in Objects

Interview with Andrew Wylie, the world’s leading literary agent

The Enduring Genius of ‘The Craft of Dying’

Pig War (1859)

What Counts as a Bestseller?

Did JFK Eat the World’s Largest Tamale?

Leftover Star Wars Sets

“Mother Will Be Pleased”: How It Feels to Be Run over (1900)

A Drunk Driver Led to the Birth of Russia’s Sputnik 1

Early Cormac McCarthy Interviews Rediscovered

The Art of Menus

Earl McGrath Was a Character. His Closet Was Filled with Rare Recordings

Two women recall coming of age in Victorian London (1970) [video]

San Francisco’s famous sourdough was once gross

What Hemingway Left in Sloppy Joe’s Bar 80 Years Ago

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