Literary Hub - Lit Hub Daily: January 8, 2021

Lit Hub Daily
January 8, 2021

TODAY: In 1909, Evelyn Nielsen Wood, known for popularizing speed reading (although she preferred the phrase “dynamic reading”) is born. Above, she demonstrates her dynamic reading for a crowd.

TODAY: In 1909, Evelyn Nielsen Wood, who popularized speed reading (although she preferred the phrase “dynamic reading”) is born. Above, she demonstrates her dynamic reading for a crowd.

“This is racism as a triumph over history, the history of what you just did or didn’t do today.” Rebecca Solnit on the natural culmination of white supremacist identity politics. | Lit Hub
“How to make literary fiction that wouldn’t be overwhelmed by the violence of reality, that wouldn’t just be political protest.” Francisco Goldman in conversation with Idra Novey. | Lit Hub
The madness of King Trump: Chaya Bhuvaneswar on the 25th Amendment and “being unfit to serve.” | Lit Hub
Nick Ripatrazone talks to English teacher Heather Clark about creating spaces for creativity, even amid a pandemic. | Lit Hub
In this month’s edition of the Astrology Book Club, everything is in retrograde except books. | Lit Hub
Senator Josh Hawley has had his book canceled after fist-pumping right along with an insurrection. | The Hub
On Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, the woman who brought the Cuban-American experience to Miami noir. | CrimeReads
New titles from Robert Jones Jr., Eley Williams, Peter Ho Davies, and Gretel Ehrlich all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week. | Book Marks
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, giant of Urdu literature, has died from Covid-19. | The New York Times
“You have to let the ugly days stand.” Traci Brimhall on the urge to create art after grief. | Guernica
“There are types of emotional truths that can be accessed through poetry that could never be accessed through any other medium.” An interview with the creator of Dickinson. | A.V. Club
On the odd twisty, quirky life of O. Henry. | Book Riot
“The speech soared not when Jackson spoke in the prose of politics, but when he offered the poetry of testimony.” David Masciotra on Jesse Jackson’s most powerful speech. | Lit Hub
“I don’t think I’ve ever personally known a man or woman who was so loved by so many.” Bob Shacochis remembers his friend, Barry Lopez. | Outside
“I was opening myself in strange ways at the very same moment I was displaying my incompetence.” Tom Vanderbilt on vulnerability and learning to sing in his 50s. | Lit Hub
When choosing books that feature people of color, here are five important questions to consider. | The Greeneville Sun
As of this month, Kwame Dawes is taking over the “American Life in Poetry” newspaper column from Ted Kooser, who started it in 2005. | Brittle Paper

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