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Gonzo Today: What Hunter S. Thompson Means to Modern Journalism

By Nicholas Laskin

July 18, 2014

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”

Happy Mardi Gras: Literary Characters You Would Love to Party with Off the Page

By Freddie Moore

March 04, 2014

What better way to celebrate Carnival than with a parade of characters who know how to get down?

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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.