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Don’t Mind If I Do

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River of Sticks...

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‘Mr Inbetween’: The Best Noir Show You’re (Probably) Not Watching

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By Nick Kolakowski / “The criminal struggling with his conscience” is one of the most enduring clichés in noir films and television...

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Lucullus, the Bankers, and What to do with Time Itself

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By Elgin Tolliver / That the study of ancient Greece and Rome is among my obsessions prompted a friend of mine to question the relevance of...

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It’s Not All Rumpy-Pumpy in Ventura: Thomas Pluck on the Latest from Scott Phillips

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By Thomas Pluck / Scott Phillips knows how to write a real son of a bitch. If Shakespeare hadn’t given us Iago, I bet Scott would have...

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Splashing the Pot: First-Person Narrators, Charisma & Why My Stash Might Not Be Your Stash

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By Elgin Tolliver / I don’t need to check with Nate Silver before I make the following prediction: forty-nine percent of Americans...

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The Man from the Golden Age

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It comes through when you talk to him.  It’s reflected in the cozy, retro feel of his shop at Northwest 23rd Street in Oklahoma...

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An Exchange About Tarot and The Kabbalah with Vautrin essayist Paul Dee Fecteau

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Chasing the mystery is decidedly different in the digital age than it was just a generation ago... ...

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