When you checked in on MobyLives last week, you probably noticed that our regularly scheduled news, opinions, hilarity, and overarching je ne sais quois were given over to a preview of some of the… Read more »

This week, as 2018 kicks into high gear, we’re offering previews of some upcoming books we’re excited about. More than a decade after his death, Hunter S. Thompson is as… Read more »

“Did you hear about the musician who was on LSD? He decided to throw himself on the ground and missed.” Yeah, that’s Straight America’s idea of high-larious comedy, circa 1967,… Read more »

Listen, the world has been very garbagey lately. While there are glimmers of hope on the horizon, they tend toward the sort of long-term. Many of us could use a… Read more »

MobyLives is on hiatus this August, which is why you haven’t seen as many bylines as usual — although there have been some phenomenal ones, like Curtis White’s demonological look at Donald Trump, Liam O’Brien’s umlaut-rich… Read more »

The passing of Muhammad Ali last month spurred reminiscences and sentiment across media. Ali was as famous for his activism as he was for his boxing, and his mighty cultural… Read more »

This week would have marked the hundredth birthday of Dylan Thomas had he not drank himself to death at the age of 39 at The White Horse Tavern. Yet, The… Read more »

Kentucky Derby weekend (and the hangover that punctuates its end) marks the anniversary of the first collaboration between Hunter S. Thompson and illustrator Ralph Steadman. In “The Kentucky Derby is… Read more »

If you were Flannery O’Connor, wouldn’t you paint a friendly fowl under your arm? If you were Hunter S. Thompson, wouldn’t you take a couple of selfies in your favorite… Read more »

The news of the seizure of three packages carrying roughly 11 pounds of marijuana being shipped to the good folks at St. Martin’s Press has spread far and wide. It… Read more »