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2010: Moby Dick is the Worst Adaptation of All Time
2010: Moby Dick is the Worst Adaptation of All Time
By Freddie Moore
October 22, 2014

Herman Melville's masterpiece brought to Tommy Wiseau’s The Room-depth ruin — and a drinking game to accompany it!

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The Biggest Little-Known Influence on H. P. Lovecraft
The Biggest Little-Known Influence on H. P. Lovecraft
By Benjamin Welton
October 20, 2014

M. R. James was an English author, scholar and inspiration to Lovecraft, though the world may have forgotten it.

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Finding New York in Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities
Finding New York in Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities
By Freddie Moore
October 15, 2014

Led by a dream to the Italian writer’s novel; led by the novel back to reality.

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Diagnosing the Mental Health Disorders of Winnie-the-Pooh
Diagnosing the Mental Health Disorders of Winnie-the-Pooh
By Megan Plevy
October 14, 2014

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

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Eat Prey Drug: Sweet Charity
Eat Prey Drug: Sweet Charity
By Paul Kwiatkowski
October 10, 2014

Coming out of isolation and starting over in Wisconsin.

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THEY Wrote THAT?! Halloween Tales from Classic Authors
THEY Wrote THAT?! Halloween Tales from Classic Authors
By Emily Ruth Verona
October 08, 2014

Fitzgerald, Alcott, Forster — they’re best known for their novels, but don’t overlook the grim novellas and short stories.

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Tracking Harriet the Spy through Today’s YA
Tracking Harriet the Spy through Today’s YA
By Emma Kantor
October 03, 2014

Louise Fitzhugh’s literary realism inspired a new generation of spy kids.

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The Yellow Peril: Asian Invasions in the Racist Literature of Yesteryear
The Yellow Peril: Asian Invasions in the Racist Literature of Yesteryear
By Benjamin Welton
October 01, 2014

At the height of dime novel and pulp magazine popularity, alarmist writers concocted — to great fanfare — racist images of Asian super villains and military takeovers.

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Creepypasta: An Introduction to the Urban Legends of the Internet
Creepypasta: An Introduction to the Urban Legends of the Internet
By Robert Balkovich
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.

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America's Addiction to Irvine Welsh
America's Addiction to Irvine Welsh
By Genna Rivieccio
September 27, 2014

Welsh is one of the few contemporary Scottish authors to have captured the attention of mainstream America. What’s the attraction?

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