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

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A Partisan Review: The Political Ideologies of 5 Famous Authors
A Partisan Review: The Political Ideologies of 5 Famous Authors
By Justin Glawe
May 06, 2014

From Freak Power to McCarthy-esque anti-Communism, five authors who loudly proclaimed their political allegiances.

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Literary Throwdowns: 7 Fistfights that Left Writers Black & Blue
Literary Throwdowns: 7 Fistfights that Left Writers Black & Blue
By Freddie Moore
February 13, 2014

Thirty-eight years ago today, Mario Vargas Llosa punched Gabriel Garcia Marquez in the face. It wasn’t the first lit brawl and it certainly wasn’t the last.

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8 Writers Who Almost Died Before Their Time & The Impact It Had on Their Work
8 Writers Who Almost Died Before Their Time & The Impact It Had on Their Work
By Nelson Peters
November 01, 2013

A few inches this way or that and we never would have had Crime and Punishment, Animal Farm, Waiting for Godot or the other literary works produced by these eight authors.

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Book Sword: Thoreau, Edward Gorey, & Hunter S. Thompson
Book Sword: Thoreau, Edward Gorey, & Hunter S. Thompson
By Kate Gavino
March 20, 2013

Everyone from Galileo to Jim Morrison to countless Scrabble wordsmiths have played around with letters to form their perfect anagrams. We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... well, that's up to you. A deeper meaning? A hidden truth? Or just a happy coincidence?

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Strike a Prose: 10 Author Photos Ripped From Vogue
Strike a Prose: 10 Author Photos Ripped From Vogue
By Kate Gavino
March 07, 2013

Upon trawling through the incredible Vogue online archive, we made a startling discovery: writers have been copping their author photo poses from the magazine's covers for decades. Don't believe us? We have proof.

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