{"id":1494,"date":"2010-04-05T15:56:11","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T21:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1494"},"modified":"2010-04-05T15:56:11","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T21:56:11","slug":"margot-adlers-vampire-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1494","title":{"rendered":"Margot Adler’s Vampire Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pagan journalist Margot Adler offers an NPR piece on “do-good vampires”<\/a> along with a book list.<\/p>\n

She tells me that she has now read eighty-nine contemporary vampire books, as of this week. I am waiting for the<\/em> definitive review essay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pagan journalist Margot Adler offers an NPR piece on “do-good vampires” along with a book list. She tells me that she has now read eighty-nine contemporary vampire books, as of this week. 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