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The Best of The Airship: Our Top 13 Blog Posts from 2013

December 30, 2013

From compiling our favorite episodes of This American Life to examining historic book burnings, these are the 13 most-read posts published on The Airship in 2013.

Recap of the First Annual Airship Spelling Bee

By Arvind Dilawar

September 20, 2013

We laughed, we cried, we did shots of tequila and discovered that “voortrekker” is a word.

Wanted: Web-Savvy Editorial Intern for "The Airship" and Black Balloon Publishing

By Kate Gavino

July 19, 2013

If you’re a college student who’s obsessed with weird books, fascinated by New York City’s strange subcultures and eager to analyze pop culture, we want you to join our team.

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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.