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1.
John Updike wrote it all down
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32 points
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samclemens
9 days ago
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6 comments
2.
A Tale of Two College Towns
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1 point
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samclemens
16 days ago
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Three Hapsburgs and a Reporter Walk into a Canadian Vault
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26 points
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samclemens
31 days ago
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39 comments
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Why Doesn't Anyone Trust the Media?
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5 points
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samclemens
39 days ago
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18 comments
5.
We Used to Read Things in This Country
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5 points
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samclemens
45 days ago
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Jack Kerouac, Malcolm Cowley, and the difficult birth of On the Road
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80 points
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samclemens
50 days ago
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59 comments
7.
Did Charles I Have to Die?
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1 point
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samclemens
58 days ago
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Ad-X2: When US Politicians Took on Science
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2 points
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samclemens
63 days ago
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How sober should a writer be?
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43 points
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samclemens
69 days ago
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59 comments
10.
Two Years After Cormac McCarthy's Death, Rare Access to His Personal Library
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smithsonianmag.com
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3 points
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samclemens
79 days ago
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Slavery After Abolition: Revolt on the Amelia
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46 points
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samclemens
3 months ago
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13 comments
12.
John Ashbery's Analyst
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2 points
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samclemens
3 months ago
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Why did Joan Didion abandon her book about the Manson murders?
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washingtonpost.com
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6 points
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samclemens
3 months ago
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14.
Stop AI-Shaming Our Precious, Kindly Em Dashes–Please
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theringer.com
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5 points
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samclemens
3 months ago
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3 comments
15.
"Mocha Dick," the White Whale of the Pacific
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10 points
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samclemens
4 months ago
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16.
Fitzgerald's Follies
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9 points
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samclemens
4 months ago
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17.
'The Devil Wears Rothko' Review: Victimhood and Vanity
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2 points
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samclemens
4 months ago
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When Coke and Pepsi Fought for Soft Drink in Outer Space
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2 points
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samclemens
4 months ago
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19.
A grand tour through the essays of Lewis H. Lapham
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38 points
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samclemens
4 months ago
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3 comments
20.
The battle for Britain’s first book of the month club
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9 points
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samclemens
5 months ago
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2 comments
21.
Shadow of a Doubt
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18 points
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samclemens
5 months ago
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8 comments
22.
Mierle Laderman Ukeles, a '70s artist who became a hero to 'garbage men'
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nytimes.com
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46 points
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samclemens
6 months ago
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15 comments
23.
The Epic of James Joyce
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newstatesman.com
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2 points
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samclemens
6 months ago
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24.
I am an audience, first and foremost
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ratsfromrocks.substack.com
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8 points
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samclemens
6 months ago
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1 comment
25.
Twain Dreams
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30 points
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samclemens
6 months ago
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18 comments
26.
The Maid Who Restored Charles II
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83 points
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samclemens
6 months ago
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32 comments
27.
The Victorians, Creation, and the Dinosaur Problem
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5 points
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samclemens
6 months ago
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2 comments
28.
All That Is Solid Bursts into Flame: Capitalism and Fire in the 19th Century US
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oup.com
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8 points
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samclemens
7 months ago
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1 comment
29.
The Connoisseur of Desire
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nybooks.com
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34 points
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samclemens
7 months ago
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1 comment
30.
Gateway Books: The lessons of a defunct canon
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thepointmag.com
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26 points
by
samclemens
7 months ago
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20 comments
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