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Book Swap Suggestions from Your Favorite Authors

By Adina Applebaum

May 02, 2014

Prepare for our second book swap party the way Joyce Carol Oates would.

Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Jhumpa Lahiri at St. Joseph’s College

By Freddie Moore

October 10, 2013

Jhumpa Lahiri discusses the inspiration for her new novel, The Lowland, her family’s politics and the mystery of her parents’ lives in India.

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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.