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What It Was Like to Be Joseph Kony's Bodyguard
An excerpt from When the Walking Defeats You, a book about a young man who became one the bodyguard to one of the 21st century's most notorious warlords before making his escape.
How Lady Gaga Became the First Digi-Glam Superstar
Read this remixed excerpt from Simon Reynolds's book 'Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy.'
What It’s Like to Take Opioids for Pain
"First physical pain recedes, and then emotional pain. I was depressed, and now I am not."
An Exclusive First Look Inside Emma Cline's 'The Girls'
Read an excerpt from Cline's mesmerizing debut novel about about teenage girls in a free love commune cult in 1969.
I Wrote 150 Porno Novels in Five Years
In an excerpt from 'Sin-a-Rama: Sleaze Sex Paperbacks of the Sixties,' a new anthology about the porno novels that marked the time, the legendary science fiction writer Robert Silverberg divulges how he and other authors learned their craft writing...
I Traveled to Every Supreme Store in the World to Understand the Meaning of Supreme
Read an exclusive excerpt from 'Supremacist,' a book about the cult of Supreme that's written by a guy who's obsessed with the streetwear brand, despite not knowing how to skate.
An Excerpt from Casey Walker's 'Last Days in Shanghai'
Casey Walker's hilarious debut novel is about a Congressional aide, Luke, who goes on a junket to China with his boss.
Busboy - An Excerpt from 'The Splendid Things We Planned' by Blake Bailey
An excerpt from 'The Splendid Things We Planned' by Blake Bailey.