Literary Hub - Lit Hub Weekly: July 27 - 31, 2020

Lit Hub Weekly
July 27 - 31, 2020

TODAY: In 1978, Barbara Pym is a guest on Desert Island Discs.
TODAY: In 1978, Barbara Pym is a guest on Desert Island Discs.
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ALSO THIS WEEK ON LITERARY HUB
Joe Sacco contemplates a future in which we will one day honor the veterans of the “Great Pandemic Wars.” • Nicholson Baker details his quest for documents that could resolve a Cold War mystery • Melissa Faliveno on belonging, Anne LaBastille, and moving to the deep woods to be alone and write • Remember reading in public? • Oscar Villalon's letter from San Francisco • Anne Trubek offers some practical advice on writing an email that’s good enough to land a book deal • Michelle Bowdler looks at a US system that treats rape as something less than a crime • Eddie Glaude on the vow James Baldwin made to young civil rights activists • Jason Boog talks to Heather Radke about a time in this country when we paid writers well • Learning to cook for one during a global pandemic • Feast your eyes on the best book covers of July • What happens if Trump refuses to accept an electoral loss? • Omar Mouallem’s pandemic project? Becoming the fake dean of a fake university • Nick Ripatrazone talks to English teacher Conor O'Sullivan about helping students find their voices in theater • In this month’s Astrology Book Club, everything is in retrograde except reading • “A New Day Dawns”: A poem by Nikky Finney
With or Without You by Caroline Leavitt
Hieroglyphics by Jill McCorkle
THE BEST OF BOOK MARKS
Giovanni's RoomThe House of MirthThe Little Engine That Could, and more rapid-fire book recs from Sarah Gerard • "All grown-ups were once children...but only few of them remember it": On Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince • Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca, Stephen King's On Writing, John Grisham's The Partner, and more rapid-fire book recs from Samantha Downing • A month of literary listening: AudioFile's best audiobooks of July • New titles from Zadie Smith, Laura van den Berg, Yiyun Li, and Natasha Trethewey all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Everything Here Is Under Control by Emily Adrian
MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing at Bay Path University
NEW ON CRIMEREADS
Olivia Rutigliano counts down the 50 most iconic heist movies ever made, from worst to best • Patrick Radden Keefe considers the power—and the responsibility—of true crime writing • Alice Feeney takes a look at crime fiction’s oddest couples • Leighann Dobbs reminds us that cats and cozies are the purrfect combination • Loren D. Estelman forever remains under the spell of film noir • Suzanne Rindell recommends 10 historical novels that use momentous events as a catalyst • Seraphina Nova Glass looks at 7 crime books about obsession and infatuation • Harold Schechter on the real-life crimes behind Ida Lupino’s The Hitch-Hiker • Allison Montclair has some tips for starting a long-running series from scratch • Alaya Dawn Johnson finds room for Black hope and Black love in noir fiction
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Lit Hub Daily: July 31, 2020

Friday, July 31, 2020

Lit Hub Daily July 31, 2020 TODAY: In 2012, Gore Vidal dies. TODAY: In 2012, Gore Vidal dies. “Trump's refusal to accept defeat is not possible or even probable—it is all but inevitable.” Lawrence

Lit Hub Daily: July 30, 2020

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Lit Hub Daily July 30, 2020 TODAY: In 1935, Allen Lane founds Penguin Books, producing the first mass-market paperbacks. TODAY: In 1935, Allen Lane founds Penguin Books, producing the first mass-market

Lit Hub Daily: July 29, 2020

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Lit Hub Daily: July 28, 2020

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Lit Hub Daily July 28, 2020 TODAY: In 1927, poet John Ashbery is born. TODAY: In 1927, poet John Ashbery is born. When life returns to some semblance of normal, will we still write in cafés? Emily

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Saturday, July 25, 2020

Lit Hub Weekly July 20 - 24, 2020 TODAY: In 1834, poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge dies. TODAY: In 1834, poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge dies. Yoko Ogawa, Masatsugu Ono, and more Japanese authors discuss

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