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Time for a Change? TIME Magazine, Its Featured Authors & Questions of Diversity

May 17, 2014

On the 51st anniversary of James Baldwin’s famous TIME cover, we explore the magazine’s relationship with the Great American Novelist archetype.

A War Correspondent’s Work: 5 Great Free Books by Richard Harding Davis

By Benjamin Welton

January 22, 2014

Though little recognized today, Davis paved the way for literary-minded journalists from the 1930s on. These are five of his best books, which you can read for free online.

I Have a North Korean Fetish

By jake goldman

September 19, 2013

An uncomfortable look at a personal obsession, the Western media and Dennis Rodman.

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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.