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Gerbil tubes, sweaty pantyhose, and a 200-pound Navy SEAL draped across your back.

There were always rumors about Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn's sexuality. At one legendary hearing, the innuendo came into focus.

In mainstream culture, depictions of Mormon villains abound. In fiction written by and for other Mormons, the Mormons are never the bad guys. Mette Ivie Harrison searches for the in-between.

Spies in exile, treasure hunts, and the search for a missing person.

Other Presidents had tape recorders. Nixon had a secretive network of hidden, voice-triggered bugs all over the White House.

"Spiritualism is a fraud from beginning to end!"

Outlaws, addicts, dreamers, hustlers, and artists converge in the literature of New York City.

Torso, starring Matt Damon, was supposed to be the next chapter in Fincher's take on American crime. So what happened?

Kathy Wang looks at the literature of tech billionaires (and aspirants) behaving badly.

Agee was the consummate Agency insider, then later its primary agitator. His legacy remains as fraught and complex as ever.

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