Hacker News: samclemens

Edgar Allan Poe, Quintessential American Writer

samclemens — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 05:10:00 +0000

Article URL: https://slate.com/culture/2026/10/edgar-allan-poe-poems-stories-most-influential-american-writer-death-horror-detective.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50284789

Points: 54

# Comments: 10

The Lucrative World of Literary Scams

samclemens — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:43:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/ai-book-scams

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50151175

Points: 75

# Comments: 14

Unparliamentary Language

samclemens — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:51:22 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unparliamentary_language

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50073660

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Second Chances

samclemens — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:21:40 +0000

https://archive.ph/3JYcH

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49948770

Points: 13

# Comments: 2

What If You Could Do It All Over?

samclemens — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:43:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/12/21/what-if-you-could-do-it-all-over

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49734572

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

Photographs of Atlantic City Sand Sculpture (ca. 1880–1920)

samclemens — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 23:07:37 +0000

Article URL: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/atlantic-city-sand-sculpture/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49689685

Points: 21

# Comments: 1

The Nonfiction Book Market is Collapsing?

samclemens — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:39:11 +0000

Article URL: https://dearheadofmine.substack.com/p/the-nonfiction-book-market-is-collapsing

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49621074

Points: 57

# Comments: 65

Every novel is boring until it isn't

samclemens — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:10:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.publicbooks.org/every-novel-is-boring-until-it-isnt/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49555114

Points: 92

# Comments: 78

Old Directions: Reviving the spirit of revival

samclemens — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:17:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-54/the-intellectual-situation/old-directions/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49534658

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

Some Virtues of Narrative Poetry

samclemens — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:53:02 +0000

Article URL: https://newversereview.substack.com/p/the-purpose-of-poetry-is-to-tell

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49289583

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

Archie G. Norcross' Maine Forest Fire Maps (1918–22)

samclemens — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:46:58 +0000

Article URL: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/maine-forest-fire-maps/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49279624

Points: 31

# Comments: 4

Read the novels and forget everything else

samclemens — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:31:28 +0000

Article URL: https://hedgehogreview.com/web-features/thr/posts/read-the-novels-and-forget-everything-else

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49129676

Points: 143

# Comments: 127

Three Theses on the Literacy Crisis

samclemens — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:05:59 +0000

Article URL: https://trevoraleo.substack.com/p/three-theses-on-the-literacy-crisis

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49050021

Points: 55

# Comments: 49

Beckett the Prophet

samclemens — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:08:20 +0000

Article URL: https://theamericanscholar.org/beckett-the-prophet/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008010

Points: 19

# Comments: 1

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: 106

# Comments: 241

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: 125

# Comments: 94

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