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Lit Hub Weekly
October 26 - 30, 2020
TODAY: In 2004, French publisher Denoël publishes Irène Némirovsky’s Suite française, consisting of two novellas written and set in 1940–1941, from a sequence left unfinished on the author's death in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1942.
TODAY: In 2004, French publisher Denoël publishes Irène Némirovsky’s Suite française, consisting of two novellas written and set in 1940–1941, from a sequence left unfinished on the author's death in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1942.
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Michiko Kakutani on why we love books • Shirley Jackson, soothing as ever, in a letter to a young reader • Talking to Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris about The Lost Spells • 50 of the best apocalypse novels ever written • Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian, calling it like they see it • Fran Lebowitz on the glamorous worlds of Camilla McGrath • On Sylvia Plath’s creative breakthrough at the Yaddo Artists’ Colony • Life advice from a mythic Slavic witch? • Emily Van Duyne considers a monumental new biography of the Sylvia Plath • Duncan Wu on the poetic appeal of our very best friends: dogs • Sonya Bilocerkowycz on what it’s like to jaywalk in a dictatorship • Madelaine Lucas on rituals of home and return in Marilynne Robinson • Paola Ramos profiles the work of young environmental justice activists • Mark Polizzoti on Patrick Modiano's literary career • Scott James recommends five books to help us understand the rise of Trump that have nothing to do with Trump • Tommy Orange on vulnerability, and familial love • When a Marilyn Monroe met Richard Avedon • Peter Mishler talks to the poet Pamela Sneed • What we still don’t know about the Cuban missile crisis • Kate Bernheimer on the melancholy at the heart of a beloved children’s classic • On the 19th-century food writer who embraced gluttony as a virtue • Inside the spare and extravagant homes of six iconic writers • Riding in cars with John Ashbery • We could all use a Leonard Woolf right about now • Christina Baker Kline and Bonnie Friedman in conversation about a classic of literary craft, Writing Past Dark • Monica Youn, poet and frontline defender of democracy • Lily Wachowski on confronting fascism at the ballot box… and in the streets • Tyler Malone explores the dark, cinematic world of eco-horror • Myléne Dressler on what ghost stories mean in 2020 • A brief history of bones • Somebody had to do it: 50 Draculas, ranked
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Four Writers on Election 2020 | Pen America
Don't Move by James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth
Serpentine by Philip Pullman
THE BEST OF BOOK MARKS
Indie booksellers from around the country rave about their favorite reads • 10 terrifying 21st century novels for Halloween • A classic review of Dracula • Sarah Shun-lien Bynum on William Faulkner's transporting language and Mary Gaitskill's greatest sex scene • Scott James recommends five books to help us understand the rise of Trump that have nothing to do with Trump, from A Civil Action to Where the Crawdads Sing • Max Seeck on Animal Farm, A Little Life, and hating The Master and Margarita • Joshua Ferris on Jess Walter, Ron Charles on Bryan Washington, and more of the Reviews You Need to Read This Week • Carey Mulligan, Andy Serkis, David Attenborough, and Sutton Foster lend their voices to some of October's best audiobooks • New titles from Jess Walter, Bryan Washington, Martin Amis, and Evan Osnos all feature among the best reviewed books of the week 
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NEW ON CRIMEREADS
Max Seeck explores the most haunting settings in crime fiction • Stephen Spotswood with a crime lover’s guide to classic radio mysteries  • Travel the world from home with these international crime novels out in October • Western noir: an unlikely combination, but it works. Nick Kolakowski explains why • My First Thriller: Rick Pullen interviews Scott Turow • Elizabeth Hand on outsiders, punks, and subcultures, interviewed by Lisa Levy • Olivia Rutigliano celebrates Arsenic and Old Lace as a perfect Halloween film  • Nicci French on the pantheon of prison fiction • Evie Green looks at 7 novels featuring imaginary friends • 9 fictional haunted houses that aren’t actually houses, from Matthew Lyons
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Lit Hub Daily: October 30, 2020

Friday, October 30, 2020

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Lit Hub Daily: October 29, 2020

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Lit Hub Daily October 29, 2020 TODAY: In 1740, James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson, is born. TODAY: In 1740, James Boswell, biographer of Samuel Johnson, is born. “I flashed forward to 2020, to

Lit Hub Daily: October 28, 2020

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Lit Hub Daily October 28, 2020 TODAY: In 2014, poet Galway Kinnell, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his 1982 collection, Selected Poems and split the National Book Award for Poetry with

Lit Hub Daily: October 27, 2020

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Lit Hub Daily October 27, 2020 TODAY: In 1914, Dylan Thomas is born. TODAY: In 1914, Dylan Thomas is born. “You face a lot of rejection. Why wouldn't you be depressed?” Hilary Mantel on how writers

Lit Hub Daily: October 26, 2020

Monday, October 26, 2020

Lit Hub Daily October 26, 2020 TODAY: In 1883, Napoleon Hill, best remembered for his mega-bestseller, Think and Grow Rich (1937), which has sold an estimated 20 million copies worldwide, is born.

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