Lit Hub Daily: On the Curious Case of Emily Dickinson’s Stolen (?) Hair

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“Our immediate thought was, Jesus, look at it. This is from Emily Dickinson’s head!” Jen DeGregorio investigates the curious case of Emily Dickinson’s hair (maybe), which has been quietly traded among a group of literary men for years (that part for sure). | Lit Hub

Fifty great literary cameos in (terrible) early 2000s movies, from Bring it On to Gigli. | Lit Hub Film

“How does a moment among a small, niche group of people constitute the creation of a new wave of literature?” Katie Yee has had enough of the literary internet. | Lit Hub Criticism

Lauren Elkin on Annie Ernaux, who “charts the tangible moments of everyday life gleaned from the most undramatic of outings.” | Lit Hub Criticism

On the medieval brilliance (and blind luck) that gifted us with the concept of the quarantine. | Lit Hub History

Louise Nealon on the books that have helped her find new ways to talk about mental health. | Lit Hub Health

Nice Leng’ete remembers the teacher who led her to question the Maasai practice of female genital mutilation, and gave her hope. | Lit Hub Memoir

“Even the self you take to be so real / falls away while you labor.” Read “The Mountaintop,” a new poem by Sandra Lim. | Lit Hub Poetry

Margaret Mizushima on ten novels set in the high country of the American West. | CrimeReads

Lauren Michele Jackson on Sally Rooney, Karan Mahajan on Colson Whitehead, and more of the Reviews You Need to Read This Week. | Book Marks

WATCH: Jai Chakrabarti in conversation with Brigid Hughes · David Cutler discusses the rapid evolution of 21st-century city life · Keith Boykin on the end of a white majority in America. | Lit Hub Virtual Book Channel

Take a look inside the headquarters of America’s largest publisher of community cookbooks (including one by a San Francisco gay clown collective). | Atlas Obscura

“The Summer Woman,” a newly discovered story by Tennessee Williams, has been published for the first time. | The Guardian 

Hate ebooks? You’re not alone. | The Atlantic

These monographs tell the stories of “outsider artists” who produced work apart from the mainstream. | ARTnews

Kristofer Collins digs into books with a close connection to Pittsburgh. | Pittsburgh Magazine

Rax King discusses her new essay collection and the meaning of “tacky.” | Publishers Weekly

Carmen Maria Machado revisits the artistic genius of the film

Jennifer’s Body, on Open Form. 

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Lauren Groff talks about feminine roles, the “gilded cage” of nunneries, and bucking narrative expectations, on The Maris Review.  

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Sanjena Sathian on the downfalls of ambition, on Book Dreams. 

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Remembering the many phases of Mark Baumer, this week on Otherppl.

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