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Booze

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

“Madness and the Hurling of Furniture,” or How You Know It Was a Good Night in Ancient Greece

by michelleweber February 2, 2017October 19, 2022

Andrew Curry’s thorough history of our relationship to and use of alcohol is informative, enlightening, and just plain entertaining.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Our 9,000-Year Love Affair With Booze

by michelleweber January 31, 2017October 19, 2022

Alcohol isn’t just a mind-altering drink: It has been a prime mover of human culture from the beginning, fueling the development of arts, language, and religion.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Lost in Japan

by Aaron Gilbreath January 13, 2017October 19, 2022

Sarah Miller travels to Japan to learn more about sochu, and ends up learning more about her own limitations as a traveler.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Quotes

‘Booze Is the Oil in Our Motors’

by michelleweber August 22, 2016October 19, 2022

Is it really that hard, being a First World woman? Is it really so tough to have the career and the spouse and the pets and the herb garden and the core strengthening and the oh-I-just-woke-up-like-this makeup and the face injections and the Uber driver who might possibly be a rapist? Is it so hard […]

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