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Lit Hub Weekly
September 21 - 25, 2020
TODAY: In 1946, William Strunk, Jr., professor of English at Cornell University and author of The Elements of Style (revised and updated by his former student, E.B. White), dies.
TODAY: In 1946, William Strunk, Jr., professor of English at Cornell University and author of The Elements of Style (revised and updated by his former student, E.B. White), dies.
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ALSO THIS WEEK ON LITERARY HUB
There is something foul about speaking of Breonna Taylor’s death “in the Greek sense.” In which Aaron Robertson responds to a very bad Tweet • The ultimate best books lists for this fall • Gerry Spence on the case of Collins Catch the Bear, the Lakota man wrongly accused of murder at Wounded Knee • Noam Chomsky in conversation about the Green New Deal • Lawrence Wells on life, love, and Beowulf in the deep south’s most literary small town • Lucille Clifton didn't just write poems, she inhabited them • In Vigdis Hjorth’s Norway, perfect happiness amounts to complacency • Lynn Steger Strong mourns Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Wendy Woloson provides a brief history of useless American crap • Géraldine Schwarz on her family history and what made Nazi Germany possible • Kerry Greenwood on Lindy Cameron and war narratives that beyond brute force • Dan Beachy-Quick’s on the ancient Greek poet Anacreon • Amaud Jamaul Johnson writes from Wisconsin on being Black in a battleground state • Jon Sternfeld on writing history as it’s happening in the middle of a pandemic • Annie Lyons on writing about death, the hardest subject of all • Maggie Lane on the life of the poet elf • Climactic moments in literature rescheduled as Zoom meetings, as drawn by Kate Gavino • What does it mean to buy from Black-owned businesses? • Jessica Gross provides possibly the definitive literary survey of… constipation • Jock Serong on James Hamilton Paterson and the book that changed his life • Jane Ward wonders how love can fit into patriarchal ideas of marriage • Bettany Hughes offers a brief history of the ancient cult of Aphrodite • Tim Weiner on early days of the Cold War • Frank A. von Hippel on how chemicals of war became “chemicals of peace” • Amy Shearn on her favorite spectral characters • Niloufar Talebi picks 35 essential works of fiction by Iranian writers
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THE BEST OF BOOK MARKS
Sarah Neilson recommends 10 new and forthcoming books in translation, featuring Marie NDiaye, David Diop, Sayaka Murata, Cristina Rivera Garza, and more • In Cold Blood, As I Lay Dying, the Bible, and more rapid-fire book recs from Casey Cep • Nessa Rapoport recommends five books about sisters and secrets, from Jetta Carleton's The Moonflower Vine to Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping • Graham Swift’s Here We Are, Natalie Zina Walschots’ Hench, and Laila Lalami’s Conditional Citizens all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
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NEW ON CRIMEREADS
10 American masterpieces that are actually crime fiction, from Smith Henderson and Jon Marc Smith • Richard Osman explains why all British people are potential murderers • Philip K. Zimmerman on Ludwig Wittgenstein’s enduring passion for pulp fiction • Zack Budryk revisits Miller’s Crossing, 30 years later • A brief history of juvenile mysteries, from Keith Roysdon • Rachel Howzell Hall on the art of disappearing • Lizzy Steiner with eight true crime podcasts to discover this fall • All the debut crime and mystery fiction to pick up this September • A roundtable discussion on sex and crime fiction • Debora Harding on reconstructing the details of a childhood trauma
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Lit Hub Daily: September 25, 2020

Friday, September 25, 2020

Lit Hub Daily September 25, 2020 TODAY: In 1960, Emily Post, famous for writing about etiquette, dies. TODAY: In 1960, Emily Post, famous for writing about etiquette, dies. There is something foul

Lit Hub Daily: September 24, 2020

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Lit Hub Daily September 24, 2020 TODAY: In 1944, poet Eavan Boland is born. TODAY: In 1944, poet Eavan Boland is born. Dynastic privilege, a terrible novel, and the race for a crucial senate seat:

Lit Hub Daily: September 23, 2020

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Lit Hub Daily September 23, 2020 TODAY: In 1978, Pablo Neruda dies. TODAY: In 1978, Pablo Neruda dies. “Taping a luminous little poem to a parking lot post hardly rose to the level of guerrilla art,

Lit Hub Daily: September 22, 2020

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Lit Hub Daily September 22, 2020 TODAY: In 1586, the English poet, critic, courtier and soldier Sir Philip Sidney is fatally wounded at the Battle of Zutphen. TODAY: In 1586, the English poet, critic,

Lit Hub Daily: September 21, 2020

Monday, September 21, 2020

Lit Hub Daily September 21, 2020 TODAY: In 1964, Saul Bellow's Herzog is published. TODAY: In 1964, Saul Bellow's Herzog is published. The ultimate best books lists: In which we tally all the

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