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WTF of the Day: Marx, Mao, Lenin and Thoreau Action Figures

No idea what to get your kid brother/niece/new neighbors for that upcoming holiday? Need to decorate your mantle with a tasteful yet worldly display? Well, Japanese company Mountain Research has just...

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There's Going To Be A Henry David Thoreau Video Game

We might have just discovered the most boring idea for a video game ever — but it’s a video game that we still kind of want to play. The University of Southern California recently received a $40,000...

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10 Beautiful Buildings Inspired by Famous Books

Truly wonderful books have a habit of growing and changing years after they’ve been written, worming themselves into places you might not expect — our decisions, our aesthetic and cultural sense, and...

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10 Antisocial Designs for Your Inner Recluse

After an intense week of to-ing and fro-ing in the sociable modern metropolis that is New York City, come Friday we often find ourselves depleted and desperate for a (gasp!) night alone save for the...

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10 Great Works of Literature Written in Prison

When we imagine the places where our favorite authors penned their greatest masterpieces, a jail cell usually doesn’t come to mind. But, whether their writers were prisoners of war or victims of...

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19th Century Writers Who Are Even More Relevant Today

Mary Shelley has some serious staying power. The author was born a whopping 215 years ago today, and her work is more relevant now than ever. Not only is Frankenstein, which Shelley began writing when...

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10 Famous Writers on How to Read

Recently, we came across Kurt Vonnegut’s term paper assignment for his 1965 “Form of Fiction” course at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, recently reprinted in Kurt Vonnegut: Letters, edited by Dan...

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10 Perfect Books to Cozy Up to As You Cook, Eat, and Drink This Thanksgiving

If you’re stuck indoors for the rest of this week due to family Thanksgiving obligations or fear of the storm that’s supposedly approaching — or because you’re simply trying to avoid the world — a good...

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10 Tales of Off-the-Grid Adventure and Introspection

The son of a spiritualist and astrologer, Jack London maintained more earthly interests throughout his lifetime. He was drawn to the tangible, natural elements of the world — especially the great,...

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25 Writers on Fashion, Clothing, and Style

In light of all the recent Joan Didion fetishization — Pack like Joan! Eat like Joan! Get a pair of her glasses on Kickstarter! — it’s fascinating to visit the exhibit Didion by Wasser, now at New...

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