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Daddy Dearest: 10 Literary Fathers and Father Figures to be Glad Aren't Your Own

By Michelle King

June 13, 2014

At least your dad didn’t abandon you on top of a mountain when you were a baby.

Louie is the Ugly Duckling of Sitcoms

By Saul Austerlitz

June 13, 2014

Read an exclusive excerpt from Sitcom: A History in 24 Episodes from I Love Lucy to Community, out now from Chicago Review Press.

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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.