Surveying literature, art & culture from an altitude of 5,000 feet while traveling at 53 miles per hour

Main Menu

I Did It! I Ran a Half Marathon!

By Jacquelyn Gleisner

March 25, 2014

An impulsive New Year’s Eve resolution that ends with cascade of neon and vomit at the nation’s capital.

I Did It! I Biked 100 Miles with My BFF!

By jake goldman

February 20, 2014

A 15-year friendship endures 84 miles of biking, countless missteps and, worst of all, the environs of Western Massachusetts.

I Did It! I Became an Internet Meme!

By Arvind Dilawar

February 05, 2014

From writing for Thought Catalog to being mercilessly ridiculed on Meme Generator, this was my sad, sad life.

I Did It! I Paid for My BFA in Creative Writing by Dumpster Diving!

By Adrian Shirk

January 15, 2014

One man’s trash was this woman’s tuition.

Featured

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.