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What Would Zora Neale Hurston Think of Crowdfunding? And Other Important Questions

July 29, 2014

Biographers fill in our favorite writers’ takes on big-brand fashion, the War on Drugs and other aspects of modern life.

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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.