Lit Hub Daily: The Biggest Fall Books, (According to Math)

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Lists on lists on lists: the biggest fall books, according to math. | Lit Hub

Lauren Groff talks to Jane Ciabattari about writing historical fiction, Marie de France, and the power of an abbess in medieval times. | Lit Hub

When Vincent Van Gogh “landed in Paris like a meteor,” and how the quintessential modern city shaped his art. | Lit Hub Art

The difference between a specter and a poster boy: Savannah Marciezyk compares the textual interpretations of The Midnight Library and The Bell Jar. | Lit Hub Criticism

Bill Schutt investigates Takotsubo syndrome, which indicates that emotions like grief can physically change the heart. | Lit Hub Science

“As a mother in my forties, this is the thing I have had to struggle with most—my grief over how this all took so much time.” Laura Davis balances regret, joy, and sleep deprivation. | Lit Hub Memoir

Ten books by women you might have missed in August. | Lit Hub Reading Lists

“She was a woman—and a Jewish woman at that—in an art world ruled by men.” Meet Berthe Weill, the groundbreaking art dealer who made a name for Picasso. | Lit Hub Art

“Noir provides the critique, and science fiction the possibility of change.” Lincoln Michel explains why noir pairs so well with sci-fi. | CrimeReads

Harriet the Spy, Invisible Man, My Brilliant Friend, and more rapid-fire book recs from Casey Schwartz. | Book Marks

WATCH: Jeremy Weinstein enumerates the errors of Big Tech. | Lit Hub Virtual Book Channel

The politics of pleasure: on three recent books that “imagine an erotic culture in which far more than consent is required.” | Boston Review

Alexander Chee considers the legacy of E.M. Forster and his novel Maurice. | The New Republic

“His emotional authority often gets left out of the nutshell version of his legacy.” Elaine Blair on Hemingway as a writer’s writer. | NYRB

Phoebe Robinson writes about the journey to launching her own imprint and the ever-changing publishing landscape. | EW

Lincoln Michel reconsiders the weirdness of David Lynch’s Dune. | Tor

Melissa Lozada-Oliva talks about the importance of poetry, “one of the last things that reminds us that we are alive.” | The Creative Independent

The Pew Research Center dives into the demographics of people who say they don’t read books. | Pew Research Center

Rebecca Carroll on finding true catharsis through

crafting memoir, on Thresholds. 

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How Tor authors Ryka Aoki and Andrea Hairston approach genre writing, on Voyage Into Genre. 

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Paula Hawkins explains the importance of gray areas in

crime novels, on Reading Women.

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