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Mary Shelley: The Feminist Behind Frankenstein

By Kerry Fiallo

August 30, 2014

Celebrating Shelley on what would’ve been her 217th birthday.

Can You Identify the Handwriting of These 12 Famous Authors?

By Adina Applebaum

June 10, 2014

Prove once and for all that you’re Oscar Wilde’s greatest fan by identifying his penmanship.

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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.