Here's some rare footage of an experimental LSD session that I came across doing research for my next book, a group biography of British writer Aldous Huxley, philosopher Gerald Heard, and Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. It's from a television program, circa 1956, about mental health issues.

The...

You never know who will show up or what to expect when you face the folding chairs and start reading from your new book.

Especially when the book you just wrote is all about LSD.

On Tuesday night, I made my fourth bookstore appearance to promote my new...