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Behind the Lit: What Killed Edgar Allan Poe?
Behind the Lit: What Killed Edgar Allan Poe?
By Nicholas Laskin
October 21, 2014

Even 165 years after Poe’s death, we still have little idea what ended his life.

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Literary Tourism: Jack Kerouac’s New York
Literary Tourism: Jack Kerouac’s New York
By Shannon Moore Shepherd
October 21, 2014

From defunct dive bars to reincarnated cafes, follow the footsteps of the Beat writer through the Big Apple.

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The Biggest Little-Known Influence on H. P. Lovecraft
The Biggest Little-Known Influence on H. P. Lovecraft
By Benjamin Welton
October 20, 2014

M. R. James was an English author, scholar and inspiration to Lovecraft, though the world may have forgotten it.

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Driving Umberto Eco, and the Line Between Writer and Writing
Driving Umberto Eco, and the Line Between Writer and Writing
By Daniel Genis
October 17, 2014

Meeting the Italian writer at the airport and running into an anonymous porn reviewer both reveal the relationship between author and work.

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People Say the Darndest Things About Translation
People Say the Darndest Things About Translation
By Rachael Daum
October 16, 2014

Dispatches from an angry translator.

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Friedrich Nietzsche and Ayn Rand’s Influence on Satanism
Friedrich Nietzsche and Ayn Rand’s Influence on Satanism
By Benjamin Welton
October 15, 2014

Though they may have been atheists, both the German philosopher and Russian-American author are undoubtedly channeled in Anton LaVey’s Satanic Bible.

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Finding New York in Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities
Finding New York in Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities
By Freddie Moore
October 15, 2014

Led by a dream to the Italian writer’s novel; led by the novel back to reality.

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Diagnosing the Mental Health Disorders of Winnie-the-Pooh
Diagnosing the Mental Health Disorders of Winnie-the-Pooh
By Megan Plevy
October 14, 2014

The Canadian Medical Association Journal helps us understand the pathologies behind A. A. Milne’s classic children’s story characters.

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Image of the Beast: Parsing Aleister Crowley’s History and Fantasy
Image of the Beast: Parsing Aleister Crowley’s History and Fantasy
By Benjamin Welton
October 10, 2014

English occultist Aleister Crowley led a raucous life as either a great charlatan or the “Great Beast 666.”

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Eat Prey Drug: Sweet Charity
Eat Prey Drug: Sweet Charity
By Paul Kwiatkowski
October 10, 2014

Coming out of isolation and starting over in Wisconsin.

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