Literary Hub - Lit Hub Weekly: March 8 - 12, 2021

This Book That Book

Lit Hub Weekly
March 8 - 12, 2021

TODAY: In 1892, American writer and journalist Janet Flanner, who served as the Paris correspondent of The New Yorker magazine from 1925 until 1975, is born.
TODAY: In 1892, American writer and journalist Janet Flanner, who served as the Paris correspondent of The New Yorker magazine from 1925 until 1975, is born.
ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN
Enter for a chance to win a copy of Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge
ALSO THIS WEEK ON LITERARY HUB
Lauren Groff in praise of Shirley Hazzard • Megan Nolan recommends unrequited love stories • How to write an epic, intimate storyBetina González talks to Yuri Herrera about immigrant narratives • On the sublime horror of Algernon Blackwood’s The WillowsWhat modern parents can learn from hunter-gatherers • 50 very bad book covers of classics • Elizabeth Kolbert on rivers as metaphor • Donna Florio on having Sid Vicious as a neighborSimone Weil’s radical conception of attention • Theodore Dalrymple recommends books about doctors and patients • Michelle Nijhuis on the cooperative efforts to preserve public lands • John Archibald on the domestic terror of 1960s Birmingham • Ira Nadel dishes on 1970s literary drama • Joshua Mohr on becoming an older dad • Celebrating the life and career of Pantheon’s Kurt Wolff • Josephine Rowe encounters the work of Beverley Farmer • Gregory Brown on taking the writing slowJess Zimmerman considers women’s fury • Elizabeth Knox recommends books that contain fictional books • Mari Andrew takes a break from her on-again-off-again Creativity • Rebecca Handler on grief and alternate realities • Andru Okun wonders why we travel • On the dismantling of normative gender roles in film • Sarah Menkedick on the liberation of early airline stewardesses • How empathy becomes a survival strategy • Emma Brown on teaching social-emotional skills in schools • Victoria Shorr finds stories of Auschwitz escapesBicycling advice from a feminist pioneer • How Josephine Baker challenged misogynoir
Bay Path University | MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing
Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Ziyad
THE BEST OF BOOK MARKS
Invisible ManThe Color Purple, the Tintin series, and more rapid-fire book recs from Viet Thanh Nguyen • New books by Kazuo Ishiguro, Samuel R. Delany, and Kevin Brockmeier all feature among March's Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy • Song of SolomonAmerican PastoralThe Sound and the Fury, and more rapid-fire book recs from Robert Kolker • Megan Nolan’s Acts of Desperation, Imbolo Mbue’s How Beautiful We Were, and Walter Isaacson’s The Code Breaker all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Surrender the Dead by John Burley
Transient Desires by Donna Leon
NEW ON CRIMEREADS
Erika Englehaupt finds out which are the most murderous mammals • Donna Leon on 30 years of Inspector Guido Brunetti • Rum, calypso, and crime fiction: Crime and the City heads to Trinidad and Tobago • Emma Southon on the invention of murder in Ancient Rome • Christine Feehan recommends the best movies about genetically engineered soldiers • Steve Goble wants everyone to give Wilkie Collins’ lesser-known works a chance • JT Ellison on eight novels of obsession, set against a Mediterranean backdrop • Sarah Penner on six deadly poisons used in Agatha Christie’s works • Melissa Colasanti with six deliciously duplicitous female characters in thrillers • Dan Davies asks, why does just about every country have its own favorite scam?
VISIT LITHUB.COM
Love the Lit Hub Weekly? Click here to receive the Lit Hub Daily instead.
Copyright © 2021 Literary Hub, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this e-mail because you signed up at www.lithub.com.

Our mailing address is:
Literary Hub
154 W. 14th Street
12th Floor
New York, NY 10011

Add us to your address book


unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences 

Older messages

Lit Hub Daily: March 11, 2021

Saturday, March 13, 2021

Lit Hub Daily March 11, 2021 TODAY: In 1744, English auction house Sotheby's holds its first ever auction, the dispersal of “several Hundred scarce and valuable Books in all branches of Polite

Lit Hub Daily: March 9, 2021

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Lit Hub Daily March 9, 2021 TODAY: In 1947, Keri Hulme, who was the first New Zealander to win the Booker Prize for her novel, The Bone People, is born. TODAY: In 1947, Keri Hulme, who was the first

Lit Hub Daily: March 8, 2021

Monday, March 8, 2021

The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen Lit Hub Daily March 8, 2021 TODAY: In 2012, Simin Daneshvar, Iranian novelist, dies. TODAY: In 2012, Simin Daneshvar, Iranian novelist, dies. “It is an odd kind of

Lit Hub Weekly: March 1 - 5, 2021

Saturday, March 6, 2021

The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen Lit Hub Weekly March 1 - 5, 2021 TODAY: In 1806, poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning is born. TODAY: In 1806, poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning is born. “Words, for the

Lit Hub Daily: March 5, 2021

Friday, March 5, 2021

The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen Lit Hub Daily March 5, 2021 TODAY: In 1616, Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73

You Might Also Like

6 Most Common Tax Myths, Debunked

Saturday, March 8, 2025

How to Finally Stick With a Fitness Habit. Avoid costly mistakes in the days and weeks leading up to April 15. Not displaying correctly? View this newsletter online. TODAY'S FEATURED STORY Six of

Weekend: My Partner Can’t Stand My Good Friend 😳

Saturday, March 8, 2025

— Check out what we Skimm'd for you today March 8, 2025 Subscribe Read in browser Header Image But first: this is your sign to throw away your old bras Update location or View forecast EDITOR'S

Your Body NEEDS to Cardio Row! Here Are Some Options.

Saturday, March 8, 2025

If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser. Men's Health The Check Out Welcome to The Check Out, our newsletter that gives you a deeper look at some of our editors' favorite

What Do You Really Need?

Saturday, March 8, 2025

Is opposing consumerism lacking gratitude? ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏

“Otway” by Phoebe Cary

Saturday, March 8, 2025

Poet, whose lays our memory still / Back from the past is bringing, ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏

Cameron Diaz Returned To Fashion Week In A Fabulous Little Red Dress

Saturday, March 8, 2025

WOW. The Zoe Report Daily The Zoe Report 3.7.2025 Cameron Diaz's Asymmetrical Red Dress Lit Up The Stella McCartney Fall 2025 Show (Celebrity) Cameron Diaz Returned To Fashion Week In A Fabulous

5-Bullet Friday — Breaking the Sperm Bank, D-Cycloserine, Tools for Grumpy Elbows, and Wisdom from Seth Godin

Saturday, March 8, 2025

“If you're feeling creative, do the errands tomorrow. If you're fit and healthy, take a day to go surfing. When inspiration strikes, write it down." ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏

Inside Alex Pereira's Training for Saturday's UFC 313 Showdown

Friday, March 7, 2025

View in Browser Men's Health SHOP MVP EXCLUSIVES SUBSCRIBE Inside Alex Pereira's Training for Saturday's UFC 313 Showdown Inside Alex Pereira's Training for Saturday's UFC 313

Update Your Android Devices Now 🚨

Friday, March 7, 2025

This TikTok Cleaning Method Might Have Broken My Fan. The security update includes fixes for two zero-day exploits. Not displaying correctly? View this newsletter online. TODAY'S FEATURED STORY

EmRata's Itty-Bitty Bikini Just Brought Back This "Cheugy" 2010s Trend

Friday, March 7, 2025

Plus, everything you need to know about Venus retrograde, your daily horoscope, and more. Mar. 7, 2025 Bustle Daily New books from Emily Henry, Karen Russell, and Kate Folk are among Bustle's best