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The Fires This Time

By Rebecca Golden

August 22, 2014

Art and arson on Detroit's East Side.

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.

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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.