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William Burroughs Ruined My Life
William Burroughs Ruined My Life
By Daniel Genis
July 24, 2014

He didn’t stick the needle in my arm or the place the knife in my hand, but he put the idea in my head.

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Bait & Switch: 5 Books That Sound like They're About Food but Totally Aren't
Bait & Switch: 5 Books That Sound like They're About Food but Totally Aren't
By Robert Tutton
April 22, 2014

Ham on Rye, The Grapes of Wrath, Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs — who’s hungry?

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10 Books That Stood Trial
10 Books That Stood Trial
By jake goldman
November 08, 2013

In which people get real upset over novelists and poets acknowledging the existence of sex and race.

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Eat Prey Drug: Summerland
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.

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The Biggest Little-Known Influence on H. P. Lovecraft
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.

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The Sun Don't Shine on a Moonshine Still
The Sun Don't Shine on a Moonshine Still

Get a bleary-eyed view of moonshining from a modern day bootlegger.

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