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Bret Easton Ellis’s Podcast is a Must-Listen

August 12, 2014

The controversial author discusses everything from screenwriting to Sex and the City with everyone from Chuck Klosterman to Kanye West.

Voices from the Past: Old-School Authors Reading on Youtube

By George Dobbs

June 03, 2014

Yeats, Tolkien, Woolf — YouTube is a time capsule of authors’ voices you probably never thought you’d ever hear.

This American Quincentennial: The 17 Best Episodes of "This American Life"

By Jake Flanagin

July 12, 2013

In honor of TAL’s 500th episode, here are our 17 favorite ones.

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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.