Hacker News: samclemens

The Expert as Tourist

samclemens — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:07:29 +0000

Article URL: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/this-land-is-your-land-beverly-gage-history/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48927015

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Who Is America's Homer?

samclemens — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:19:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.plough.com/articles/who-is-americas-homer

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48913656

Points: 27

# Comments: 65

Book prizes don't work how you think

samclemens — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:19:01 +0000

Article URL: https://rebeccamakkai.substack.com/p/book-prizes-dont-work-how-you-think

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48913653

Points: 95

# Comments: 52

Who Is America's Homer?

samclemens — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:59:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.plough.com/articles/who-is-americas-homer

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48649723

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

The rise of machine writing is a great opportunity for literature

samclemens — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:24:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/06/ai-writing-style-literature/687536/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48550563

Points: 13

# Comments: 0

Jonathan Franzen on Talent, Theatre, and His Next Novel

samclemens — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:52:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/jonathan-franzen-06-08-26

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48363646

Points: 17

# Comments: 2

Franklin Pierce by David W. Blight

samclemens — Wed, 27 May 2026 07:17:14 +0000

Article URL: https://inpursuit.substack.com/p/franklin-pierce-by-david-w-blight

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48290805

Points: 15

# Comments: 2

Some Like It Literary

samclemens — Mon, 25 May 2026 21:59:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/books/review/marilyn-monroe-books-arthur-miller.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48272458

Points: 27

# Comments: 4

Mug Shots: A Small Town Noir (2014)

samclemens — Tue, 19 May 2026 04:39:31 +0000

Article URL: https://theappendix.net/issues/2014/4/mug-shots-a-small-town-noir

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48189233

Points: 15

# Comments: 3

The Trail of Jeremiah

samclemens — Wed, 06 May 2026 05:01:19 +0000

Article URL: https://theamericanscholar.org/on-the-trail-of-jeremiah/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48032381

Points: 10

# Comments: 0

Where Have All the Book Reviews Gone?

samclemens — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:17:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/books/review/ai-book-reviews.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47942631

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

The Publishing Mystery That No One Wants to Talk About

samclemens — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 04:44:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/04/who-really-wrote-autistic-author-woody-brown-novel/686814/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47917775

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Larry McMurtry's Tall Tales

samclemens — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:18:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/larry-mcmurtry-biography/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47863196

Points: 24

# Comments: 1

The Book News Isn't All Bad

samclemens — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:07:53 +0000

Article URL: https://reactormag.com/the-book-news-isnt-all-bad/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47800678

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The Enigma of Gertrude Stein

samclemens — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:39:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/gertrude-stein-afterlife-wade-review/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47734927

Points: 7

# Comments: 1

The Enigma of Gertrude Stein

samclemens — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:15:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/gertrude-stein-afterlife-wade-review/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47617233

Points: 24

# Comments: 3

The Reckless Women Who Changed Journalism

samclemens — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:57:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/02/women-who-reinvented-journalism/686146/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416016

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The Starving Time in Jamestown

samclemens — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:03:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/starving-time-jamestown

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47366256

Points: 11

# Comments: 2

Malcolm Cowley helped build a golden age of American letters

samclemens — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:15:54 +0000

Article URL: https://newrepublic.com/article/205583/editor-helped-build-golden-age-american-letters

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47269058

Points: 13

# Comments: 2

Those Who Can, Teach History

samclemens — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:51:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/making-history/those-who-can-teach-history

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47131359

Points: 4

# Comments: 0