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The Biggest Little-Known Influence on H. P. Lovecraft
The Biggest Little-Known Influence on H. P. Lovecraft
By Benjamin Welton
October 20, 2014

M. R. James was an English author, scholar and inspiration to Lovecraft, though the world may have forgotten it.

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I am Providence: Lovecraft’s New England
I am Providence: Lovecraft’s New England
By Benjamin Welton
August 20, 2014

As cosmic as H. P. Lovecraft’s thoughts often were, New England and his home city of Providence, Rhode Island influenced his fiction just as much as his imagination.

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The Lovecraft Circle
The Lovecraft Circle
By Benjamin Welton
August 14, 2014

Recommended reading by Lovecraft’s friends, pen pals and fellow practitioners of the weird tale.

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A Graveyard Tour of Literature
A Graveyard Tour of Literature
By Adam D'Arpino
August 07, 2014

Though dead, these authors still draw a crowd.

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Can You Identify the Handwriting of These 12 Famous Authors?
Can You Identify the Handwriting of These 12 Famous Authors?
By Adina Applebaum
June 10, 2014

Prove once and for all that you’re Oscar Wilde’s greatest fan by identifying his penmanship.

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He is Providence: An H. P. Lovecraft Primer & 5 Stories Free to Read Online
He is Providence: An H. P. Lovecraft Primer & 5 Stories Free to Read Online
By Benjamin Welton
May 29, 2014

We look back on the five stories that best represent the nihilistic mythology of H. P. Lovecraft.

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Authorgängers: 7 Writers and Their Celebrity Lookalikes
Authorgängers: 7 Writers and Their Celebrity Lookalikes
By Adina Applebaum
May 07, 2014

George Perec and Elijah Wood, E. E. Cummings and Channing Tatum, Ernest Hemingway and every old guy in Key West — authors may be singular in their talent, but not their looks.

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Stop Watching TV & Read a Fucking Book: Lit Pairings for Your Favorite Shows
Stop Watching TV & Read a Fucking Book: Lit Pairings for Your Favorite Shows
By Alex Trivilino
March 20, 2014

Television is atrophying your brain. Stop it with a good book or 10.

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It was a Different Time: 15 Wildly Offensive Quotes from Your Favorite Authors
It was a Different Time: 15 Wildly Offensive Quotes from Your Favorite Authors
By Michelle King
February 03, 2014

Can you continue loving an author’s work after discovering that he or she was a bigot?

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