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Sober crime writer Lawrence Block's greatest creation may be Matthew Scudder, a PI who trades booze for AA meetings; Liam Neeson is shooting the role for a movie. Block tells The Fix about his life and work. MORE
The Harry Potter author's highly-anticipated novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy, depicts heroin addiction and a treatment clinic. MORE
"Freedom" and other new software help novelists like Zadie Smith and Dave Eggers control their web addictions. MORE
Before AA, I couldn’t be honest in my writing. Who knew that a memoir writing class would help me get sober? MORE
Sloshed "Missed Connections" make for passable found poetry. MORE
By Nic Sheff
I used to cringe when I heard those sober zealots talking about "waiting for the miracle." Then mine arrived—and now I’m terrified I’m going to screw it up. MORE
By Joe Keohane
The celebrated journalist and author's love affair with liquor and cigarettes has ended. MORE
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A hapless robber is busted when cops see through his transparent ruse.
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A pastor receives threats after alerting police to "drug addicted behavior" around his Upper East Side church.
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"Chu" faces prison after spending millions of taxpayers' yuan on an online role-playing game.
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With the government turning a blind eye to a growing "national disaster," religious groups put aside their differences to help.
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