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Lit Hub Weekly
January 4 - 8, 2021

TODAY: In 1908, Simone de Beauvoir is born in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France.
TODAY: In 1908, Simone de Beauvoir is born in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France.
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Has the Parent Plot supplanted the Marriage Plot? Peter Ho Davies reflects on the new coming-of-age momentDaniel Simpson goes deep into the chakras, an oft-misunderstood aspect of yoga • Lore Segal grapples with the perennial question, "Where do you get your ideas?" • On teaching a bird to fly • Nuala O'Connor considers the interior life of Nora Joyce • Randon Billings Noble on the tricky business of rendering epiphanies in nonfiction • Danielle McLaughlin on what goes into a writers notebook • Devon Price examines the “Laziness Lie” at the heart of the American myth • Koa Beck: Why don’t advertisers target queer women? • Camilla Pang on wave patterns as personality types • A poem by Kaveh AkbarArthur Miller on the surreal, ideological violence underlying the 1968 Democratic Convention • The early women pioneers of trail hikingWatching Cuties, teaching Lolita, and examining moral panic • How to build an antiracist workshop • Andrew Blauner considers the enduring lessons of “Peanuts” • Daniel Lieberman has some ideas on how to make exercise more fun • Tom Vanderbilt learns to sing in his fifties • English teacher Heather Clark about creating spaces for creativity, even amid a pandemic • The quotidien uses of the fourth dimension, revealed!
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Lit Hub Daily: January 8, 2021

Friday, 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

Lit Hub Daily: January 7, 2021

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Lit Hub Daily January 7, 2021 TODAY: In 1835, the HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago. Darwin published his diary journal, The Voyage of the Beagle, four

Lit Hub Daily: January 6, 2021

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Lit Hub Daily January 6, 2021 TODAY: In 1854, the fictional character Sherlock Holmes is born. (Although, nowhere in Sir Conan Doyle's works is it mentioned explicitly, the detective's birthday

Lit Hub Daily: January 5, 2021

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Lit Hub Daily January 5, 2021 TODAY: In 1932, Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, cultural critic, political and social commentator, and novelist Umberto Eco is born. TODAY: In 1932, Italian

Lit Hub Daily: January 4, 2021

Monday, January 4, 2021

Lit Hub Daily January 4, 2021 TODAY: In 1965, Thomas Stearns Eliot dies. TODAY: In 1965, Thomas Stearns Eliot dies. “We were the crowd in an opera waiting for our cue to shout in unison when the time

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