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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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A Close Reading of True Grit‘s Perfect First Paragraph

Charles Portis’s Classic as an Object Lesson in Creating Character
May 18, 2018  By Emily Temple
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Tom Wolfe has Died at 87

RIP a Giant of American Letters
May 15, 2018  By Emily Temple
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The Sublime, Ugly Agony of Patrick Melrose

Benedict Cumberbatch shines in the new Showtime adaptation
May 14, 2018  By Emily Temple
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22 Photos of Famous Authors and Their Moms

Happy Mother's Day
May 11, 2018  By Emily Temple
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The 12 Most Popular Libraries in the World

Invited to Like, All the Book Parties
May 10, 2018  By Emily Temple
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A Brief History of Seven-Figure Book Advances

From Tom Wolfe to Kristen Roupenian
May 8, 2018  By Emily Temple
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Nine of the Most Violent Works of Literary Fiction

Blood, Guts and Darkness, Not just for Horror Fans
May 7, 2018  By Emily Temple
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The 20 Best Literary Adaptations to Watch on Netflix Tonight

On the Off-Chance You're Tired of Reading
May 4, 2018  By Emily Temple
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50 Pulp Cover Treatments of Classic Works of Literature

Guns, Broads, Beefcake, Literariness
May 2, 2018  By Emily Temple
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50 Fictional Writers, Ranked

The Best and Worst from Literature, Film, & TV
May 1, 2018  By Emily Temple
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10 Books to Read If You Love Drag Race

Miss Vanjie. Miss Vanjie. Miss Vaaaanjie
April 27, 2018  By Emily Temple
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10 Things You Should Know About Lists on the Internet

You Have to Read This (But You Don't Actually Have to Read This)
April 24, 2018  By Emily Temple
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The Best 90s Screen Adaptations of Shakespeare, Ranked

Do You Want This in Iambic Pentameter?
April 23, 2018  By Emily Temple
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The Meanest Things Vladimir Nabokov Said About Other Writers

"Many accepted authors simply do not exist for me."
April 20, 2018  By Emily Temple
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When Kathy Acker Interviewed the Spice Girls

"Money makes the world what it is today . . . a world infested with evil."
April 18, 2018  By Emily Temple
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“Intuition is Essential.” Writing Advice from Gabriel García Márquez

Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. Both are very hard work.
April 17, 2018  By Emily Temple
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Andrew Sean Greer Wins the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction

On the 102nd year of the prize
April 16, 2018  By Emily Temple
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Can James Comey Write? 13 Passages From His New Trump Book

The Man Who Delivered America to Donald Trump is a First-Class Noticer
April 16, 2018  By Emily Temple
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Edward Gorey’s Illustrated Covers for Literary Classics

Spooky Treatments of Kafka, Dickens, Conrad, and More
April 13, 2018  By Emily Temple
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Guess Which Kurt Vonnegut Tattoo is By Far the Most Common?

The Answer May or May Not Surprise You
April 11, 2018  By Emily Temple
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