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The Most Summer of All Reads: The Best of Surf Fiction

June 09, 2014

Kem Nunn, Pat Grant and Tim Winton might not be publishing-household names, but their surfer-centric fiction is in season.

I’m with the Band: 8 of Your Favorite Authors’ Musical Side Projects

By Adina Applebaum

June 09, 2014

When they’re not writing your favorite books, they’re making your favorite music … or at least trying to.

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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.