October 27, 2014
The Mount is claimed to be the site of various ghost-sightings; why are some canine-related?
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The Mount is claimed to be the site of various ghost-sightings; why are some canine-related?
Read MoreThe Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño thrust these poets into the mainstream, but who were they really?
Read MoreVera Nabokova, Sophia Tolstaya, Anna Dostoyevskaya and Natalia Solzhenitsyna — suffering and child-rearing, while acting as wife and secretary to genius.
Read MoreOn October 22, 1964, Jean-Paul Sartre refused the Nobel Prize in Literature, setting a precedent and an example for other writers.
Read MoreEven 165 years after Poe’s death, we still have little idea what ended his life.
Read MoreFrom defunct dive bars to reincarnated cafes, follow the footsteps of the Beat writer through the Big Apple.
Read MoreM. R. James was an English author, scholar and inspiration to Lovecraft, though the world may have forgotten it.
Read MoreThough they may have been atheists, both the German philosopher and Russian-American author are undoubtedly channeled in Anton LaVey’s Satanic Bible.
Read MoreEnglish occultist Aleister Crowley led a raucous life as either a great charlatan or the “Great Beast 666.”
Read MoreFifty-nine years ago today, Ginsberg performed his seminal poem for the first time, marking the public debut of the Beats.
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