Stories by samclemens

Let There Be Light Bulbs: How Incandescents Became the Icons of Innovation

What does being a New York Times Bestseller mean?

In a small town in Washington state, pride and shame over atomic legacy

The Feeling of Finishing

For Pleasure: A Letter About Writing

If Materialism Is True, the United States Is Probably Conscious (2014)

Down the Rabbit Hole: on viral texts and linking to sources

What Happens When Warriors, Orcs and Elves Descend on a Pennsylvania Forest

Charles Dickens' notes solve the mystery of unidentified Victorian authors

Interview with John Durham Peters: The Anthropoid Condition

James Watt: A Twelve-Year Flash of Genius

We've Adapted Our Reading Habits to Fit Our Screens, but at a Cost

On Self-Respect by Joan Didion (1961)

Nancy Drew: The Most Iconic Woman in Gaming

The Cult of Vice

Archivists are racing to digitise 300 years of newspapers before they crumble

The Rewriting of David Foster Wallace

Quote Unquote: A sentence goes viral–why?

Eric Foner on the past and present of white supremacy

The Crisis in Non-Fiction Publishing

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