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I Will Watch Anything: Rectify

By Sarah Bennett

May 22, 2013

The only thing that's smaller than my attention span is the amount of action on your average episode of Rectify.

False Fantasy: Making Rules of Modern Myth

By Sarah Bennett

May 22, 2013

The right way to write ghosts.

Breaking Down Breakdowns: “Are You My Mother?”, by Alison Bechdel

By Sarah Bennett

May 22, 2013

You'll find a graphic journey through therapy in Are You My Mother?, by Alison Bechdel.

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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.