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Erika Harlitz-Kern

Erika Harlitz-Kern holds a doctorate from a Swedish university and can't get enough of history, books, and music. Her earliest memories involve a comic book and a Dutch troubadour. She has travelled South Asia on a shoestring, although nowadays she spends most of her vacations in the Mississippi Delta. Lives with her husband in South Florida, because sooner or later they would've ended up there anyway. Blog: The Boomerang Twitter: EH_Kern

Songs by Metallica Inspired by Literature

A look at the music of Metallica that was inspired by literature.

10 Things You Should Know about the Crusader Bible

Imagine a book that tells the stories of the Old Testament in pictures and ends up being one of the ...

Songs by Iron Maiden Inspired by Literature

Forty years after the band first formed in East London, heavy metal band Iron Maiden is one of the biggest ...

5 Things You Need To Know about Necronomicon Ex Mortis

Starz TV show Ash vs. Evil Dead has been given the green light for a second season, which will air ...

Four Things Titled “For Whom the Bell Tolls” Not Written by Ernest Hemingway.

“For whom the bell tolls” is one of the most well known phrases in the English language. The phrase comes ...

10 Things You Should Know about the Lindisfarne Gospels

The time period between the years 500 and 900 is sometimes referred to as the Dark Ages. The idea behind ...

Books So Good I Wish I Could Carry Them With Me Always

Have you ever read a book that is so good that you wish you could do more than just read ...

The Time Hunter S. Thompson Wrote Faulkner a Letter

Hunter S. Thompson, inventor of gonzo journalism, was an admirer of William Faulkner. In fact, when asked to define the ...

10 Things You Should Know About The Devil’s Bible

While we at the Riot take some time off to rest and catch up on our reading, we’re re-running some of ...

10 Things You Should Know About The Devil’s Bible

While we at the Riot take some time off to rest and catch up on our reading, we’re re-running some of ...