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Migraines, Music, and Drugs: Oliver Sacks on Hallucinations

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • November 6, 2012
NPR Books has a fascinating interview with Oliver Sacks on his new book Hallucinations. An excerpt on hallucinations during migraines: …At least on two occasions, I’ve had a smell —…
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My Little Brother Ruined My Life

  • Stephen Elliott
  • January 17, 2012
"Are you a masochist?" It's the first thing Bosco asks me. He's fourteen years old now, almost my height, 5' 8", creamy white skin, and a small, German nose from my stepmother's side of the family.
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Can Legalizing Drugs be a Solution for the Violence in Mexico?

  • Claire Rush
  • August 17, 2011
Some Mexican politicians and public officials–in addition to a significant portion of the Mexican public–believe that it is “time to go back to a policy of peaceful co-existence with the…
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The Optimism of Being a Dope Fiend

  • Fiona Helmsley
  • August 4, 2011
I remember clearly the first time my best friend Chelsea and I decided to play at prostitution.
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup

  • Seth Fischer
  • February 14, 2010
Happy sexin’ day, everyone! This isn’t my favorite holiday, so I’m gonna let the Book Bench do all the talkin’ about it with these Dear John letters and some blogging on emails…
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“Narcocorrido’s”: Music About The Drug Cartels

  • Seth Fischer
  • October 11, 2009
“In San Jose, Costa Rica, they took him prisoner, now the whole world knows how the ballad begins of Rafael Caro Quintero.” These are the some lyrics to an older…
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Proofs of Concept for Legal Pot Packaging

  • Jeremy Hatch
  • September 25, 2009
Print Magazine, anticipating the legalization of pot in the US within 15 years or so, asked four design firms to come up with commercial packaging for marijuana cigarettes. Strømme Throndsen…
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Sympathy for These Devils

  • John Matthew Fox
  • September 9, 2009
Drug addicts, pimps, whores, misogynists, hoodlums… all the usual suspects inhabit the stories in Irvine Welsh’s new collection.
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If Only Nothing Would Grow

  • Matt McGregor
  • September 5, 2009
It isn’t lyrical, it isn’t fun, it isn’t a spectacle, it doesn’t beg for your attention—Nog honestly considers the absurdity and sadness of everyday life.
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Auto-tune the News #6

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • July 13, 2009
Palin. Drugs. And a certain celebrity who passed away. The latest from The Gregory Brothers (read our mini-interview with the group here).
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Life’s Only as Bad as You Make It Out to Be

  • Chris Feliciano Arnold
  • March 28, 2009
Chris Feliciano Arnold reviews Nami Mun’s debut novel, Miles from Nowhere.
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The Rumpus Interview with Margaret Cho

  • Stephen Elliott
  • January 27, 2009
Margaret Cho talks about BDSM, vanilla sex, Eddie Murphy, fame, comedy, bad TV, learning guitar, writing books, and making music.
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