Hacker News: samclemens

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: 22

# 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

The Godless Students of London University

samclemens — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:51:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/godless-students-london-university

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47000081

Points: 20

# Comments: 8

Why are we still so afraid of using the grumpy old period?

samclemens — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 01:32:31 +0000

https://archive.md/g1oq3

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46789869

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The Tighter Weave: On Editing and Not Editing

samclemens — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 06:41:47 +0000

Article URL: https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/place-and-revolution/articles/the-tighter-weave

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46716017

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Why are we still so afraid of using the grumpy old period?

samclemens — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:36:51 +0000

https://archive.md/g1oq3

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46713721

Points: 16

# Comments: 9

After Every Clue

samclemens — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 05:34:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/seymour-hersh-cover-up/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46701521

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The Last Intellectual

samclemens — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:51:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/the-last-intellectual/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46629898

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The Rise and Fall and Rise of American Publishing

samclemens — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:16:01 +0000

Article URL: https://libertiesjournal.com/articles/therise-and-fall-and-rise-of-american-publishing/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46598461

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

The Manifold Mind of Saul Bellow

samclemens — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:23:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.metropolitanreview.org/p/the-manifold-mind-of-saul-bellow

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46571001

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

Virginia Faulkner: Writer, editor, and ghostwriter?

samclemens — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:29:08 +0000

Article URL: https://lithub.com/virginia-faulkner-writer-editor-and-ghostwriter/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46547400

Points: 21

# Comments: 2

The Manifold Mind of Saul Bellow

samclemens — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 04:52:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.metropolitanreview.org/p/the-manifold-mind-of-saul-bellow

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46495451

Points: 13

# Comments: 1

William Golding's Island of Savagery

samclemens — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 03:18:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/portrait-author-historian/william-goldings-island-savagery

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46341926

Points: 31

# Comments: 41

John Updike wrote it all down

samclemens — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:20:04 +0000

Article URL: https://newrepublic.com/article/201598/john-updike-wrote

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46210087

Points: 32

# Comments: 6

A Tale of Two College Towns

samclemens — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 08:45:42 +0000

Article URL: https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/place-and-revolution/articles/a-tale-of-two-college-towns

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46119051

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Three Hapsburgs and a Reporter Walk into a Canadian Vault

samclemens — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 23:19:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/insider/florentine-diamond-hapsburgs.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45959586

Points: 26

# Comments: 39

Why Doesn't Anyone Trust the Media?

samclemens — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 19:39:15 +0000

Article URL: https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/why-doesnt-anyone-trust-the-media-jelani-cobb-taylor-lorenz-jack-shafer-max-tani-establishment-journalism/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45868465

Points: 5

# Comments: 18