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October 21, 2014

Even 165 years after Poe’s death, we still have little idea what ended his life.

The Art of Riot

October 02, 2014

When people take to the streets to express their support or displeasure over … art?

October 01, 2014

Spawned on website forums and defunct blogs, today’s urban legends live online — and they’re more horrifying than you’d imagine.

September 30, 2014

Reconsidering the literary landscape in the wake of the Great War, Lawrence rescued Herman Melville’s now venerated novel from absolute obscurity.

Flash Boom

September 19, 2014

Experiencing the atomic bombing of Japan through the short animated film Pikadon.

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.

September 10, 2014

Talking books with the King of the Club Kids.

September 05, 2014

Take a tour of the compound which the infamous Cartel boss called home while “incarcerated” in the early ‘90s.

August 29, 2014

A nun in New York City helps trafficked women find freedom.

August 28, 2014

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

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