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The Art of Riot

By David Forbes

October 02, 2014

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

The Edgar Allan Poe of South America: Horacio Quiroga

By Benjamin Welton

September 02, 2014

Uruguayan fiction writer, poet and playwright Quiroga was a master of the bizarre but also an ancestor of the magical realists.

Hamlet and My Life in China

By Will Julian

August 27, 2014

Living abroad in China is like living in Shakespeare’s tragedy.

Celebrate April Fool’s Day with 5 of Shakespeare’s Wildest Ruses

By Freddie Moore

April 01, 2014

Faking your own death, tricking people into murder, knocking out your blind dad — Shakespeare would be a hellraiser if he was around today.

Speaking with Distinction or Talking Like a Snob?

By Julia Langbein

June 20, 2013

The weird, true story behind Good Speech, also known as "the-a-tah voice."

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Eat Prey Drug: Summerland

Escaping a catastrophic blizzard to take peyote in the Arizona desert, Paul Kwiatkowski concludes his investigation into alternate perceptions of consciousness.

The Biggest Little-Known Influence on H. P. Lovecraft

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

The Sun Don't Shine on a Moonshine Still

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