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Nobody Gets Famous in Chicago

By Julia Langbein

June 20, 2013

How the Back Room Shakespeare Project Gave Up on Theatre — and Revived It

Speaking with Distinction or Talking Like a Snob?

By Julia Langbein

June 20, 2013

The weird, true story behind Good Speech, also known as "the-a-tah voice."

Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Jami Attenberg and Francesca Segal

By Freddie Moore

June 20, 2013

A weekly series that celebrates everyone’s favorite part of the author reading: the Q&A. This week, Jami Attenberg and Francesca Segal discuss how to write about home when you're so far away.

Cut the Craft: Making Sense of Making Stuff

By Sarah Bennett

June 20, 2013

Just because crafting's no longer hip doesn't mean it's not worth doing, especially now that it's not cold.

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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.