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Lit Hub Daily

March 22, 2021

In 1920, Federico García Lorca's first play, ''The Butterfly's Evil Spell'' (El maleficio de la mariposa) is poorly received at its première in Madrid.

TODAY: In 1920, Federico García Lorca's first play, "The Butterfly's Evil Spell" (El maleficio de la mariposa) is poorly received at its première in Madrid.

“There was a significant group of people who did not like my talk radio voice and haven’t been shy about letting me know: male sports fans.” Julie DiCaro on sexism in broadcast journalism. | Lit Hub Sports

A tourist in Paris: How Mark Twain documented an early transatlantic cruise in the age before selfies. | Lit Hub Travel

Five books you might’ve missed in February, featuring Zhou Haohui, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and more. | Lit Hub Reading Lists

Nadia Hashimi reflects on writing full stories about Afghan characters, which “become hooks from which readers hang their preconceived notions.” | Lit Hub

Don Quixote, Franny and Zooey, Slaughterhouse-Five, and more rapid-fire book recs from Adam Levin. | Book Marks

The poet Adam Zagajewski has died at age 75. | Agence France Presse

“Meditation teaches you that the story of you that you’ve been telling yourself your entire life is a fiction.” Emily Temple on the commodification of meditation. | The Italian Review

A look at how early science fiction authors imagined climate change, a century before “cli-fi” had a name. | JSTOR Daily

“We are just part of this strange scenario, like we are in a macabre opera and we don’t actually change anything.” Marina Abramović on the art of encountering the body. | Lit Hub

MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing | Bay Path University

Sofia Lundberg reckons with childhood memories and their power to shape our futures. | Lit Hub

“The excuse is always racist. And the man never has to face consequences for it.” Yasmin Tayag on the hypersexualization of Asian women. | GEN

“Where does a Black woman writer find her voice in an environment of double erasure?” Cheryl Thompson on finding space in the literary world as a Black Canadian writer. | Lit Hub

“Writing perpetrators out of all these narratives means that while the narratives pretend to have concern for victims, victims are not who they’re protecting.” Rebecca Solnit on misogyny, sexism, and victim blaming. | The Guardian

Reading this year’s NBCC Award finalists: Megan Labrise on Shayla Lawson’s This Is Major. | Lit Hub

Inside the struggle at the Strand, a legendary bookstore in New York City where workers say they have been disregarded and mistreated—especially during the pandemic. | Vulture

“The spotting of a lyrical awkwardness in language had finally led me to meet an ‘alien’ craft.” Saikat Majumdar on navigating a polyglot’s life between Bangla and English. | Lit Hub

“Instigating change will always mean reaching for what seems irrational or impossible in the moment.” Allegra Hyde on the power of collective effort. | Kenyon Review

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