Sam Stark
@thesamstark.bsky.social
Freelance editor (http://thatsam.com)
Historian of the 18th Brumaire (http://18brumaire.com)
Substack at Brumaireland (https://brumaireland.substack.com)
Historian of the 18th Brumaire (http://18brumaire.com)
Substack at Brumaireland (https://brumaireland.substack.com)
Holding out for this sweatshirt I saw once but have never found for sale - homemade?
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Holding out for this sweatshirt I saw once but have never found for sale - homemade?
Latest addition to the collection of crime writing read by Walter Benjamin:
- Gaston Leroux, Perfume of the Lady in Black
- Gaston Leroux, Perfume of the Lady in Black
October 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Latest addition to the collection of crime writing read by Walter Benjamin:
- Gaston Leroux, Perfume of the Lady in Black
- Gaston Leroux, Perfume of the Lady in Black
Rec’d for the Walter Benjamin memorial library of crime fiction Döblin’s Two Women and a Poisoning, book #962 on Benjamin’s list of reading - right before he read The Magic Mountain for the first time, so c. February 1925.
August 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Rec’d for the Walter Benjamin memorial library of crime fiction Döblin’s Two Women and a Poisoning, book #962 on Benjamin’s list of reading - right before he read The Magic Mountain for the first time, so c. February 1925.
Two of many by Simenon …
July 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Two of many by Simenon …
Sven Elvestad, The Case of Robert Robertson (Knopf, 1930)
July 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Sven Elvestad, The Case of Robert Robertson (Knopf, 1930)
Maurice Leblanc, The Exploits of Arsène Lupin (Harper, 1907). Pretty rough shape but holding it together.
July 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Maurice Leblanc, The Exploits of Arsène Lupin (Harper, 1907). Pretty rough shape but holding it together.
Sigurd Christiansen, Two Living and One Dead (Liveright, 1932) - looks like more of a crime thriller than a detective novel as such
July 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Sigurd Christiansen, Two Living and One Dead (Liveright, 1932) - looks like more of a crime thriller than a detective novel as such
Emmanuel Bove, The Murder of Suzy Pommier (Little, Brown 1934)
July 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Emmanuel Bove, The Murder of Suzy Pommier (Little, Brown 1934)
My book is alive! Just in time for the revolution, as I expected it would be when I began my research [gulp] ten years ago.
June 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My book is alive! Just in time for the revolution, as I expected it would be when I began my research [gulp] ten years ago.
I had always assumed that it must be some exotic locale but the building is clearly this cathedral in Minden, Germany.
May 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I had always assumed that it must be some exotic locale but the building is clearly this cathedral in Minden, Germany.
Unpacking some old books and found my trashed copy of the Chicago Manual of Style (5th ed., 1917) that once belonged to Franz Boas.
May 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Unpacking some old books and found my trashed copy of the Chicago Manual of Style (5th ed., 1917) that once belonged to Franz Boas.
On the back of an old bookmark featuring Curious George, I found a vaguely useful explanation of the logic behind the Dewey Decimal system - had no idea that it was so … Hegelian?
April 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
On the back of an old bookmark featuring Curious George, I found a vaguely useful explanation of the logic behind the Dewey Decimal system - had no idea that it was so … Hegelian?
One of the more amazing AI hallucinations I have seen
April 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
One of the more amazing AI hallucinations I have seen
Proofs! And a nominal pub date in June? Sneak peeks at the ToC for those who just can't wait.
April 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Proofs! And a nominal pub date in June? Sneak peeks at the ToC for those who just can't wait.
😞 but - hope these find a good home!
December 23, 2024 at 5:11 PM
😞 but - hope these find a good home!
Foiled again by the curiosity gap. (It’s RAWLS 🤦♂️)
November 24, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Foiled again by the curiosity gap. (It’s RAWLS 🤦♂️)