Stories by samclemens

Philip’s Theater

Propagating Propaganda: Franklin Barrett’s Red, White and Blue Liberty Bond Carp

Was German unification inevitable?

A Walking Tour of 1866 New York: In the footsteps of 150-year-old guides (2016)

Zadie Smith on the Psychology of the Two Types of Writers (2014)

An Omnivorous Biped That Wears Breeches

Reviewing the Book Review

Black America, 1895

What Are Magazines Good For?

The Elevated Era (2018)

I, You, We, They: Bette Howland’s memoir of community and its opposite

Prince Hall, American Revolutionary

Joan Didion’s ‘Let Me Tell You What I Mean’ shows a writer ahead of her time

Gore Vidal: His Life and “Lincoln”

A stroll through the archives of Editor & Publisher

The Perils of Fame: Sylvia Plath and Seamus Heaney

A Storyteller's Shoptalk (1981)

The Business of Books: The high-stakes world of pirate publishing

What Happened When Henry James and Oscar Wilde Met (2015)

When Historical Fiction Is a Crime (2020)

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