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This is the Art that Bankrupt Detroit May Auction Off

By Ian Bourland

July 25, 2013

In declaring bankruptcy, Detroit risks forever losing its Institute of Arts.

A Live Reading of David Rakoff’s “Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish”

By Sarah Bennett

July 25, 2013

The author’s final book read in its entirety by family and friends

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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.