Literary Hub - Lit Hub Weekly: November 23 - 25, 2020

Lit Hub Weekly
November 23 - 25, 2020

TODAY: In 1960, Richard Wright dies.
TODAY: In 1960, Richard Wright dies.
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ALSO THIS WEEK ON LITERARY HUB
Talking to Peter Blackstock, the editor behind back-to-back to Booker Prizes • A young V.S. Naipaul writers a letter home to dad • Artist Bruce McCall about his favorite New Yorker covers • The life and times of an Italian Nazi fighter • Mark Twain absolutely doing Thanksgiving the right way • The grift that keeps on giving: on the prosperity gospel • Ntozake Shange on Sun Ra and how she came to have her name • Nancy Star on the ways we can get lost, in writing and the woods • Luigi Amara considers the dearth of a unified theory of the hair piece • “When American troops returned stateside after WWI ended, they brought their taste for doughnuts with them” • Katherine Morgan on selling books to white “allies” • Momentary joy in a refugee camp manifests in a game of soccer • A conversation between Pamela Painter and Margot Livesey • Mark Podwal on a lifetime project of illustrating Elie Wiesel's books • The best book covers of November • On the failures of Reconstruction (lest we repeat them)
WATCH THIS WEEK
Cundill History Prize Festival
Hay Festival Digital Winter Weekend
THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Folio Society: Beautiful Books, Beautiful Gifts
THE BEST OF BOOK MARKS
Ed Caesar recommends five epic works of mountain literature, from Into Thin Air to Touching the Void • Chelsea G. Summers recommends five books that make you feel uncomfortable in your skin, from The Bloody Chamber to Geek Love • Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts, Martin Amis' Money, Philip Roth's Sabbath's Theater, and more rapid-fire book recs from Ryan Chapman
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NEW ON CRIMEREADS
CrimeReads’ resident outerwear aficionado Dwyer Murphy rounds up the twenty greatest fall jackets in crime fiction • Paul French recommends 2020’s best international podcasts • Zach Vasquez examines the enduring noir legacy of John Cassavetes • Halley Sutton highlights new takes on classic genre tropes • Tis the season to binge an international thriller (or two, or four) • Behold, the best reviewed crime novels of the month • Andrea J. Johnson makes the case for cozy legal thrillers • Catriona McPherson escapes to her favorite islands in crime fiction • Why every crime writer should know how to spot a fake diamond, from Rosemary Simpson • Five true crime books you should read this November
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