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Embracing Uncertainty: 13 Quotes to Ground Your Graduation Anxiety

May 20, 2014

After being in school for basically your entire life, of course graduation is scary. Thankfully, there’s quote therapy for that.

Book Sword: Sam Lipsyte, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Sherlock Holmes

By Kate Gavino

May 01, 2013

Everyone from Galileo to Jim Morrison to countless Scrabble wordsmiths have played around with letters to form their perfect anagrams. We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... well, that's up to you. A deeper meaning? A hidden truth? Or just a happy coincidence?

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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.