Stories by samclemens

The Naturalist and the Jay

Acid's First Convert, Cary Grant: On Edward J. Delaney's "The Acrobat"

Lapham's Quarterly Is on Hiatus

Family recipes that live on in cemeteries

The emptiness of literature written for the market

Thomas Stevens in Japan (1886)

Four historians tell us a ghost story

NYPL showcases 'electrifying' rare subway photos from 1970s

The Middle State: Famous Owners of a Controversial Text

Louise Glück has died

America's First Banned Book Survived and Became an Anti-Authoritarian Icon

How to Design a Vernacular Chair

Among the Cabin Fanatics of Mississippi’s Giant Houseparty

The Quiet Revolution of the Sabbath

Sketches of misfortune in an insurance trade card

Travelin’ man and woman: Taking to the road and the boxcar

One robber baron’s gamble on railroads

A magnificent 1850s house dubbed the Blue Belle of Brooklyn

Mysteries of the Court of Miracles

The Early Days of American English

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