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Tales, trivia, and tidbits from now and then.

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10/31/2016

Undead and Born Criminal

The link between Dracula and early criminology

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10/26/2016

My Hero, Satan

Why John Milton’s Satan is the true hero

by claudioshafer2

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10/20/2016

On the Question of Shlomo Sand

A response to Jessa Crispin's interview with Shlomo Sand

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10/18/2016

The Gravity of Graffiti

William Kentridge’s graffiti and its history in Rome

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10/14/2016

Poetry, Approximately

Bob Dylan writes amazing songs, but they are not literature.

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10/13/2016

To Defeat Jihadists, Remember the Anarchists

Past and present parallels of radicals.

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09/26/2016

Relentlessly Relevant

The Dangerous Legacy of Henry James

by sheldon3823

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08/09/2016

Encyclopedia Blue

A history of what may be the world’s most beloved color

by dominikwiley519

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07/29/2016

A Good Parable is Hard to Write

Hunting glitches in Flannery O'Connor's “A Good Man is Hard to Find.”

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06/27/2016

Bricked In

Following the trail of Alexander von Humboldt on the outskirts of Berlin

by dominikwiley519

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