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Seeing Illness: Medical Memoirs by Graphic Novelists
Seeing Illness: Medical Memoirs by Graphic Novelists
By Freddie Moore
October 23, 2014

Harvey Pekar’s Our Cancer Year, David Small’s Stitches, Julia Wertz’s The Infinite Wait — how do graphic novels plumb sickness so deeply?

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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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The Sun Don't Shine on a Moonshine Still
The Sun Don't Shine on a Moonshine Still
By Kim McCann
October 03, 2014

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

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T. S. Eliot and the Science of Naming Cats
T. S. Eliot and the Science of Naming Cats
By Kathleen Cooper
September 25, 2014

One of the 20th century’s major poets provides keen insight into proper feline monikers.

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H. G. Wells’s Predictions: The Right, the Wrong and the Ugly
H. G. Wells’s Predictions: The Right, the Wrong and the Ugly
By Benjamin Welton
September 19, 2014

As a founder of science fiction, Wells got a surprising share the future right. He also got some things very, very wrong.

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Eat Prey Drug: Summer Chills [NSFW]
Eat Prey Drug: Summer Chills [NSFW]
By Paul Kwiatkowski
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.

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My Life as a Legally Blind Writer
My Life as a Legally Blind Writer
By Tammy Ruggles
August 26, 2014

After losing her vision to a degenerative disease, a former social worker begins writing professionally.

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Simple Reasons Why You Should Read Physical Books
Simple Reasons Why You Should Read Physical Books
By Freddie Moore
August 18, 2014

With all the talk of e-book prices and the future “Netflix of books,” let’s not lose sight of the importance of actual books.

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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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