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"FacebookPinterest\n\nAfter Zach Baron\u2019s interview with the contentious Yeezy, we went in search of other creative extremists. This week we\u2019re captivated by the hustlers, radical thinkers, and men-on-the-ground. Here\u2019s what we\u2019re reading from across the web.\n\n\n\nYou Are Now Entering the Demented Kingdom of William T. Vollmann, _The New Republic\n\n _A former editor profiles the maniacally prolific and controversial author who was once suspected of being The Unabomber.\n\nThe Chaos of Dice, _The New Yorker\n\n _The highest ranked backgammon player in the world is a hustler named Falafel.\n\nSing to Me, O Muse (But Keep It Brief), The New York Times\n\n Poetry in the age of Twitter.\n\n A Philosophy of Tickling, _Cabinet Magazine\n\n _Academic Aaron Schuster explores the phenomenology of tickling as an intersection between aggression and comedy, delving into the activity from the perspective of neurology, literature, and human development.\n\nFinding Private Bergdahl, Vice\n\n Conflict journalist Robert Young Pelton was in Afghanistan at the time of Bowe Bergdahl\u2019s kidnapping by the Taliban. In fact, he was one of the men who set to the task of retrieving him back in 2009. In this brilliant report, Pelton describes the distinct tribal area between Afghanistan and Pakistan\u2014the complex structure of allegiances between locals, military personnel, and private contractors therein\u2014and relays the story of those crucial weeks following Bergdahl\u2019s disappearance."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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