Stories by samclemens

The ‘Pedestrian’ Who Became One of America’s First Black Sports Stars

Tonedeaf in our nose: a double James Joyce centenary

Study: Two Spaces After a Period May Be Better Than One

The Silent Type: On Ulysses S. Grant

What makes a great magazine editor?

The treadmill was invented as a prison rehabilitation device

Don the Talking Dog

What’s in an Author Name?

A new standard of beauty led to today’s weight-loss regimens

The Meanest Things Vladimir Nabokov Said About Other Writers

Cripes, a bumbershoot

God Save Austin

The Man Who Wanted Everything

W.G. Sebald and the Malthusian Tragic

Technological Change and Obsolete Skills: Evidence from Men’s Pro Tennis (2017) [pdf]

Sorry No Gas: Photos from Documerica, 1972 – 1975

The Myth of Authenticity Is Killing Tex-Mex

Getting a fair price: a handy pocket-book for merchants (and smugglers?)

Kansas locked up more than 5,000 women and girls for having STDs

Jimmy Is Everywhere: On James Baldwin's FBI File

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