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How to Manipulate the Media as a Political Outsider
We spoke to 'Shooting Hipsters' author Christiana Spens about rethinking dissent in the age of PR.
Saying Goodbye to Notorious Drug Smuggler and Best-Selling Author Howard Marks
And so, another great name from British pop culture slips into the great federal correction complex in the sky.
This Former Web Developer Is Bringing Syrian Food to Berlin
Hadi Nsreeny fled Aleppo for an IT job in Germany last year, but ended up introducing a Middle Eastern-inspired menu of hummus with flatbrot and baba ghanouj to Berlin's Wolff & Eber restaurant.
This Drug Smuggler and 'Hippie Mafia' Leader Is an OG in the Weed Legalization Movement
In the 1960s, Richard Stratton distributed thousands of pounds of weed and worked for High Times. His memoir, Smuggler's Blues, tells his story of straddling the criminal and literary worlds.
How Burglars Commit Crime and Take Advantage of Cities by Hacking Architecture
'A Burglar's Guide to the City,' written by Geoff Manaugh, takes a look at our everyday urban environments through the eyes of the criminals aiming to hack them.
What I Learned as a Young Muslim Reading Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses'
'The Satanic Verses' is to Muslim intellectuals what 'Infinite Jest' is to hipsters: It's on everyone's shelves and they all have strong opinions on the author, but most haven't read past the first 30 pages.
Lena Andersson Writes About the Desperate Consequences of Being in Love
Lena Andersson is one of Sweden's most talked-about authors and a leading authority on love. She shared some insider tips about the big, scary sensation and chatted about her book Willful Disregard.
‘I’m the Best Writer in the World’: An Interview with Crime Author Jo Nesbø
He's been a soccer player, pop star, stockbroker, and now a blockbuster author who's shifted 28 million copies of his Harry Hole series. Jo Nesbø is better than you at most things.
Jamaica, Gangs, Guns, and Black Hobbits: A Talk with Booker Prize Winner Marlon James
Filmmaker Storm Saulter talks with the author about his new book 'A Brief History of Seven Killings,' which adapts true stores of the island's underworld.
Photos from Burma’s Civil War
Toronto Photographer Bryan Dickie Covers Burma's Ethnically Controlled Territories in His New Book 'Little Pieces.'
John McManus Wrote the Best Short Story About a Thomas Jefferson Clone You’ll Read This Year
We spoke to the author of "Fox Tooth Heart" about his long break from publication and why shame is the most powerful and revealing emotion.
My Six Years with Jimmy Savile: An Interview with His Biographer
Dan Davies interviewed Savile over six years in order to write his now award-winning biography, 'In Plain Sight.'