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A Bizarre Pattern of Bridges: How—and Why—Baudelaire Showed Up Throughout My Fiction

A Bizarre Pattern of Bridges: How—and Why—Baudelaire Showed Up Throughout My Fiction

Gunnhild Øyehaug on Paying Homage to Literary Legends

By Gunnhild Øyehaug | February 15, 2023

Exploring the Richard Brautigan Universe of Bubblegum Minimalism That Inspired Harry Styles

Exploring the Richard Brautigan Universe of Bubblegum Minimalism That Inspired Harry Styles

Matt Mitchell on the Inspiration Behind “Watermelon Sugar”

By Matt Mitchell | June 30, 2022

We Need to Radically Rethink the Library of Congress Classification

We Need to Radically Rethink the Library of Congress Classification

Claire Woodcock on the Search for a More Democratic Way of Organizing Knowledge

By Claire Woodcock | February 2, 2022

I'm still thinking about the boy who legally changed his name to “Trout Fishing in America.”

I'm still thinking about the boy who legally changed his name to “Trout Fishing in America.”

By Walker Caplan | September 24, 2021

“Poetry is telegrams of the human soul”: Watch a rare video interview with Richard Brautigan.

“Poetry is telegrams of the human soul”: Watch a rare video interview with Richard Brautigan.

By Walker Caplan | September 16, 2021

So You've Decided to Write: The Writer I Never Had to Edit

So You've Decided to Write: The Writer I Never Had to Edit

Terry McDonell on the Value of Leaving Well Enough Alone

By Terry McDonell | July 26, 2017

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Is Richard Brautigan's Most Famous Novel a Minor Masterpiece or Naive Relic?

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