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Who were the Infrarealists?

October 24, 2014

The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño thrust these poets into the mainstream, but who were they really?

October 22, 2014

On October 22, 1964, Jean-Paul Sartre refused the Nobel Prize in Literature, setting a precedent and an example for other writers.

October 15, 2014

Though they may have been atheists, both the German philosopher and Russian-American author are undoubtedly channeled in Anton LaVey’s Satanic Bible.

October 10, 2014

English occultist Aleister Crowley led a raucous life as either a great charlatan or the “Great Beast 666.”

October 10, 2014

Coming out of isolation and starting over in Wisconsin.

Eat Prey Drug: Motel 6

September 26, 2014

A pit-stop in South Dakota reconnects friends, memories and everyone with a camera phone.

September 18, 2014

The renowned children’s author undoubtedly has a way with words, but he’s also a master of confronting the difficulties of life.

September 04, 2014

Creation is the only way to overcome the inadequacy of language.

August 28, 2014

Continuing his investigation into alternate perceptions of consciousness, author Paul Kwiatkowski confronts a psycho-spiritual disease.

August 16, 2014

A quest for health, peace and morphine leads to an even stranger journey into a community that believes the Earth is hollow.

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