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Dustin Illingworth

Dustin Illingworth
Dustin Illingworth is a staff writer for Literary Hub. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Times Literary Supplement, LA Review of Books, Electric Literature, The Millions, and The Georgia Review. He is a managing editor at The Scofield, and a contributing editor at 3:AM Magazine.


How to Keep Out Death: On the Literature of Crowds

The Pleasures and Anxieties of the Collective, from Benjamin to DeLillo
October 17, 2016  By Dustin Illingworth
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On the Journals of Famous Writers

Dustin Illingworth Eavesdrops on Flannery O'Connor, Susan Sontag, and More
July 19, 2016  By Dustin Illingworth
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The Suicide Note as Literary Genre

On the Last Words of Woolf, Koestler, Berryman, and More
March 23, 2016  By Dustin Illingworth
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Our Darkest American Masterpiece

On the Perpetual Relevance of Miss Lonelyhearts
January 27, 2016  By Dustin Illingworth
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Where Do Book Titles Come From?

On the Origins and Import of Some Iconic Titles
December 2, 2015  By Dustin Illingworth
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How Author Photos Change the Way We Read

On Making Eye Contact With Iconic Writers
October 27, 2015  By Dustin Illingworth
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A Literary History of the Nose

In Which Very Few Olfactory Puns Are Committed
September 1, 2015  By Dustin Illingworth
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