Literary Hub - Lit Hub Weekly: January 25 - 29, 2021

Lit Hub Weekly
January 25 - 29, 2021

TODAY: In 1931, Australian novelist, short story writer, and essayist Shirley Hazzard, is born.
TODAY: In 1931, Australian novelist, short story writer, and essayist Shirley Hazzard, is born.
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Soledad Fox Maura asks if it’s finally time to ditch the label “domestic fiction” • Eman Quotah reflects on creating her own literary tradition • Joyce Maynard on the day she spent with Christa McAuliffe before the Challenger disaster • adrienne maree brown on cancel culture and transformative justice • James Geary on collecting the poems of Alvin Feinman • Carys Davies on writing about political crisisP. Carl on the 22 books that helped him write about transitioning • A brief history of the death penalty in America • Danielle Geller traces her mother’s footsteps • Rhian Sasseen on learning how to ride a bike as an adult • Mark da Silva on the value of writing a book that might never be read • Gabrielle Glaser on the history of “girls in trouble” • Kaori Fujimoto on the highs and lows of learning to write in a second language • Michelle Duster remembers the legacy of Ida B. Wells, her great-grandmother • Robert Michael Pyle on the life cycles of a place • Now that the COVID-19 vaccine is here, can we start daydreaming about travel again? • Najib Sharifi and Shafi Sharif remember photojournalist David Gilkey • What do Michael Jordan and the Dalai Lama have in common? • Alexander Weinstein on the role of spirituality in storytelling • What it’s like to record a 29-hour audiobook with President Obama • Todd Robert Petersen on that weird monolith that showed up in a Utah canyon • Maurice Chammah on what journalists can learn from reading fiction • Congresswoman Barbara Lee remembers her mentor, Shirley Chisholm • Liese O’Halloran Schwarz wrote a novel about family secrets—and finally dug into her own
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White NoiseJesus’ SonGoodnight Moon, and more rapid-fire book recs from Jenny Offill • A month of literary listening: AudioFile’s best audiobooks of January • From the archives: the first reviews of every Virginia Woolf novel • LusterThe Fire Next Time, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and more rapid-fire book recs from Avni Doshi • New titles by Joan Didion, Robert Jones Jr., Tove Ditlevsen, and George Saunders all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Month
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Lit Hub Daily: January 29, 2021

Friday, January 29, 2021

Lit Hub Daily January 29, 2021 TODAY: In 1763, French Enlightenment poet Louis Racine dies. TODAY: In 1763, French Enlightenment poet Louis Racine dies. “Much of what has been created to give purpose

Lit Hub Daily: January 27, 2021

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Lit Hub Daily January 27, 2021 TODAY: In 1898, the publication of the first part of Henry James' novella The Turn of the Screw appears in Collier's Weekly magazine. TODAY: In 1898, the

Lit Hub Daily: January 26, 2021

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Lit Hub Daily January 26, 2021 TODAY: In 1784, in a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin expresses his unhappiness over the eagle as the symbol of America. TODAY: In 1784, in a letter to his

Lit Hub Weekly: January 19 - 22, 2021

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Lit Hub Weekly January 19 - 22, 2021 TODAY: In 1930, Nobel Prize laureate Derek Walcott is born. TODAY: In 1930, Nobel Prize laureate Derek Walcott is born. Turns out there's a long and shady

Lit Hub Daily: January 22, 2021

Friday, January 22, 2021

Lit Hub Daily January 22, 2021 TODAY: In 1893, Kawatake Mokuami, Japanese dramatist of Kabuki dies. TODAY: In 1893, Kawatake Mokuami, Japanese dramatist of Kabuki dies. That hollow feeling when Trump

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