Stories by samclemens

Maya Angelou partnered with Hallmark

Edith Wharton on Henry James’s asking for directions (2014)

Madame Comrade

The Business of Scenery: Why America’s national parks need new management

Would the Pandemic Stop Paul Theroux from Traveling?

Larry McMurtry has died

The Autograph Fiend

Liberty’s Discontents: The contested history of freedom

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

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29