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Who were the Infrarealists?
Who were the Infrarealists?
By Paul Murufas
October 24, 2014

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

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What Sartre's Refusal of the Nobel Prize Can Teach Writers
What Sartre's Refusal of the Nobel Prize Can Teach Writers
By Steve Neumann
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.

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Friedrich Nietzsche and Ayn Rand’s Influence on Satanism
Friedrich Nietzsche and Ayn Rand’s Influence on Satanism
By Benjamin Welton
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.

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Image of the Beast: Parsing Aleister Crowley’s History and Fantasy
Image of the Beast: Parsing Aleister Crowley’s History and Fantasy
By Benjamin Welton
October 10, 2014

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

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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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Eat Prey Drug: Motel 6
Eat Prey Drug: Motel 6
By Paul Kwiatkowski
September 26, 2014

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

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How Roald Dahl Prepares Us for the Hardships of Adulthood
How Roald Dahl Prepares Us for the Hardships of Adulthood
By Nicholas Laskin
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.

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We Should be Inventing New Words All the Time
We Should be Inventing New Words All the Time
By Joseph A. Todd
September 04, 2014

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

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Eat Prey Drug: Wetiko [NSFW]
Eat Prey Drug: Wetiko [NSFW]
By Paul Kwiatkowski
August 28, 2014

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

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Eat Prey Drug: The Hollow Earth [NSFW]
Eat Prey Drug: The Hollow Earth [NSFW]
By Paul Kwiatkowski
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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