Literary Hub - Lit Hub Weekly: October 5 - 9, 2020

Lit Hub Weekly
October 5 - 9, 2020

TODAY: In 1911, English journalist Clare Hollingworth, the first war correspondent to report the outbreak of World War II, born.
TODAY: In 1911, English journalist Clare Hollingworth, the first war correspondent to report the outbreak of World War II, born.
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Sayaka Murata, Earthling, on making friends with non-Earthlings • On the great Nan Shepherd, poet—and walker—of the Highlands • On Robert D. Richardson’s rare genius for biography • On young Lenin, who may or not have worn Che Guevara t-shirts growing up • Michael Torres on finding life as a poet in Minnesota, far from home • Madeleine Ryan on learning about her autism while finishing her novel • Saanya Jain recommends some sci-fi to help out the economists • Matt Summell on why we love our terrible pets • Emily Temple on the secret history of “Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board” • John Freeman on the moral power of Halldór Laxness • A.J. Lees gets lost in the world of explorer Perry FawcettIshmael Reed weighs in on Hamilton • Where are the unlikable female characters in YA fiction? • Cynthia Tucker writes a letter to a mother—and the South • Isaac Bailey on the DNA of a nation • Abby Ellin on baseball, Larry David, and Bill Buckner’s greatest ever catch • Clare Mackintosh on the endless appeal of the “what if?” narrativeLynne Sharon Schwartz on a lifetime in cars • Ajibola Tolase making the move from Nigeria to the USA • The National’s Matt Berninger talks to Brandon Stosuy about the struggle to be creative in 202 • Scenes from a modern-day refugee camp • Nick Kary wonders where woods come from • Elif Shafak on life from one city to the next city
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THE BEST OF BOOK MARKS
Tales of the CityA Little LifeGiovanni's Room, and more rapid-fire book recs from Booker Prize finalist Douglas Stuart • Phil Klay recommends five books about the civilian experience of war, from The Sound of Things Falling to Frankenstein in Baghdad • The Book Marks Questionnaire: Karen Russell talks Geek LoveThe Last Unicorn, and hating Atlas Shrugged • A classic review of everyone's favorite red-flag book • New titles from Tana French, Rumaan Alam, Phil Klay, and V. E. Schwab all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
NEW CRIME & SUSPENSE TO READ
The Unspoken by Ian K. Smith
Elsewhere by Dean Koontz
NEW ON CRIMEREADS
Why Bryn Greenwood is proud to call her books “crime fiction” • Lisa Levy recommends five psychological thrillers to read this October • Oliva Rutigliano introduces Catherine Louisa Pirkis, a 19th century detective novelist with a surprisingly modern heroine • Andrew Nette on New Zealand’s “Jukebox Killer” and the Antipodean obsession with pulp fiction • Michael Cannell on the strange poetry of gangster Dutch Schultz’s last monologue • Heather Redmond recommends 17 series featuring real historical figures as sleuths • Anna Lee Huber draws inspiration from a rich history of ruins • Gillian Flynn talks paranoia, conspiracy theories, and her new life as showrunner, interviewed by Caitlin Flynn • Emily Gray Tedrowe on the role of class in the story of the con artist • 8 dazzling historical thrillers featuring real-life objets d’art, rom Kirsty Manning
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