The complete online text of Shapes of Clay by Ambrose Bierce.

The American writer Ambrose Gwinett Bierce (1842-ca. 1914) expressed the cynicism of the post-Civil War era and shaped both the materials and the methods of writers who later voiced the disillusionment following World War I. Ambrose Bierce was born in Me...

The late Carey McWilliams, himself an astute observer of the national scene, has pointed out that every American should have some familiarity with Ambrose Bierce, that aloof and independent iconoclast who was in the thick of some of the most important de...

The late Carey McWilliams, an astute observer of the national scene, has pointed out that every American should have some familiarity with Ambrose Bierce , that aloof and independent iconoclast who was in the thick of some of the most important developme...

It didn't matter that it was cold outside, that everyone could stiff hear the rain steadily drumming the pavement, or that the dark clouds hovering over the town like a shroud seemed poised to shake loose thunder and lightning any minute. Dave Preston lumbered...

Celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary, the Clay Studio, based in Philadelphia's flourishing arts community, has always believed that the freedom and skills required to create beautiful artwork are something to be shared. The whir of moist clay being spun on the potter's wheel;...

Anyone who's been there this century knows the London twofer syndrome. Beguiled by prices identical to those in New York, you return home to credit card statements in which palatable £100 dinners are transmuted into $200 splurges and a standard £180 hotel room turns out...