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A Brief Historical Index of Projectiles Thrown at Public Figures

By Eric Nelson

February 27, 2014

Hurling objects at people in the public eye crosses cultural barriers and dates back millennia.

Directioners: the New Beatlemaniacs

By Jake Flanagin

August 21, 2013

Is Twitter rage of One Direction fans the next phase in fandom evolution?

The Intrepid Intern: Who Wore it Better? Hemingway or Bieber?

By BBP Intern

January 11, 2013

Welcome to a new column in which one of our intrepid interns pounds the pavement, asking a burning literary question on everyone's mind. This week, we asked unsuspecting strangers who rocked a white turtleneck better: fresh-faced heartthrob Justin Bieber or bearded he-man Ernest Hemingway?

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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.