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October 23, 2014

Harvey Pekar’s Our Cancer Year, David Small’s Stitches, Julia Wertz’s The Infinite Wait — how do graphic novels plumb sickness so deeply?

October 14, 2014

The Canadian Medical Association Journal helps us understand the pathologies behind A. A. Milne’s classic children’s story characters.

October 10, 2014

Coming out of isolation and starting over in Wisconsin.

October 03, 2014

Get a bleary-eyed view of moonshining from a modern day bootlegger.

September 25, 2014

One of the 20th century’s major poets provides keen insight into proper feline monikers.

September 19, 2014

As a founder of science fiction, Wells got a surprising share the future right. He also got some things very, very wrong.

September 12, 2014

On the road in Idaho and Montana, a cross-country investigation into alternate perceptions of consciousness takes a devastating detour through Haiti.

August 26, 2014

After losing her vision to a degenerative disease, a former social worker begins writing professionally.

August 18, 2014

With all the talk of e-book prices and the future “Netflix of books,” let’s not lose sight of the importance of actual books.

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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