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Reading in Public: Tales of Love and Literature, Pt. II

By Michelle King

July 23, 2014

Literally bumping into a crush reading Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace at Emerson College in Boston.

Infinite Yoshimi: David Foster Wallace and the Flaming Lips

By Taylor Beck

July 11, 2014

Wallace’s writing shares a throughline with The Flaming Lips’ music — namely irony, earnestness and unbound compassion.

What Would Eminem Read?

By Adina Applebaum

June 26, 2014

You might not be the real Slim Shady, but you can read like he would.

Lights, Camera, Static: 10 Books That Will Never be Adapted by Hollywood

By Michelle King

October 21, 2013

Rest easy, bibliophiles: No director will be ruining these beloved books.

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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.