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Emily Temple

Emily Temple
Emily Temple is the managing editor at Lit Hub. Her first novel, The Lightness, was published by William Morrow/HarperCollins in June 2020. You can buy it here.
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15 Great Cat Poems Not Written By Cats

Happy Poetry Month or Something
April 11, 2019  By Emily Temple
16 Comments

Let’s All Stop Pigeonholing Sally Rooney as a “Millennial Writer”

Even If We Agree She's a Great One
April 10, 2019  By Emily Temple
0 Comments

Your Surrealist Literature Starter Kit

André Breton, Leonora Carrington, Kobo Abe, and More!
April 8, 2019  By Emily Temple
5 Comments

The Best Argument is a Good Book: Writing Advice from Saul Bellow

"There is such a thing as overcapitalizing the A in artist."
April 5, 2019  By Emily Temple
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The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of Nineteen Eighty-Four

The Most Boring, Depressing Book of All Time?
April 4, 2019  By Emily Temple
4 Comments

On Making Mary Berry’s Fast Cakes
and Not Writing

The Great British Procrastination Show
April 3, 2019  By Emily Temple
1 Comment

The 50 Best Slaughterhouse-Five Covers from Around the World

For the Iconic Novel's 50th Birthday
March 29, 2019  By Emily Temple
9 Comments

The 17 Best Book Covers of March

Textures, Colors . . . Black and White Photographs?
March 27, 2019  By Emily Temple
6 Comments

The Life-Changing Magic of 10 Things I Hate About You

Or: Whence the Border Between Preference and Personality?
March 26, 2019  By Emily Temple
4 Comments

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

Spring Reading for All Personalities
March 26, 2019  By Emily Temple
0 Comments

When 80 Famous Writers Published Their First (And Last) Books

Or, Who Has Had the Longest Career?
March 22, 2019  By Emily Temple
5 Comments

“Go With What’s Alive” and Other Writing Advice from Philip Roth

"Writing isn’t hard work, it’s a nightmare."
March 19, 2019  By Emily Temple
5 Comments

Meet the Man Brought to Trial for Murdering the English Language

(In the Press, by a Jury of His Enemies)
March 18, 2019  By Emily Temple
4 Comments

Honoré de Balzac’s Legendary Love Affair With His Anonymous Critic

Or: How to Marry a Famous Writer
March 14, 2019  By Emily Temple
0 Comments

The 25 Authors Who’ve Made the Most Money in the Last Decade

Hint: Get in Good with Hollywood
March 13, 2019  By Emily Temple
3 Comments

A Close Reading of Jack Kerouac’s Advice to Writers

"Belief & Technique for Modern Prose" as Read By Your Resident Kerouac Skeptic
March 12, 2019  By Emily Temple
32 Comments

The Oldest American Picture Book Still in Print is Obviously About Cats

Ahem: Millions of Cats
March 11, 2019  By Emily Temple
38 Comments

The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of Wuthering Heights

Unhappy People, If That's Your Thing
March 8, 2019  By Emily Temple
3 Comments

The 32 Most Iconic Poems in the English Language

Plus Some Bonus Poems, Because We Love You
March 7, 2019  By Emily Temple
119 Comments

Louisa May Alcott’s Letter of Advice to a Young Writer

"I Do Not Enjoy Writing 'Moral Tales.' I Do It Because It Pays Well."
March 6, 2019  By Emily Temple
1 Comment

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