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Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Read This: 9 Books Targeted for “Trigger Warnings”

May 21, 2014

The Great Gatsby, Mrs. Dalloway, This is How You Lose Her — a movement on college campuses hopes to mark such works as possibly traumatic.

Literotica: Sophisticated Smut for Highbrow Readers

By Michelle King

February 11, 2014

Rather than reading 50 Shades of Grey, grab one of these 10 highbrow novels for your erotic fix.

Not a Major Motion Picture: The Literary Equivalents of 10 Great Films

By Freddie Moore

January 30, 2014

For cinephiles who need a break from the big screen, a few book recommendations based on our favorite movies.

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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.