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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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Judy Blume’s Advice for Aspiring Writers

The Queen of Kid Lit Turns 80 Today
February 12, 2018  By Emily Temple
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A Visual Tour of 35 Literary Bars and Cafés from Around the World

Drink Where Your Favorite Writers Once Drank
February 9, 2018  By Emily Temple
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The Shortest Novels Written by 20 Authors You Should’ve Read By Now

The (Second) Easiest Way to Stop Lying About Having Read Pynchon
February 8, 2018  By Emily Temple
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Should You Write What You Know? 31 Authors Weigh In

From Toni Morrison to William T. Vollman, an Age-Old Question Answered
February 7, 2018  By Emily Temple
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‘Twitter Feminists’ to Katie Roiphe: This Essay is Not Very Good

Also "staggeringly boring," "dishonest," and "misdirected"
February 5, 2018  By Emily Temple
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15 Novels That Subvert Traditional Gender Roles

Myra Breckinridge Turns 50 Today
February 5, 2018  By Emily Temple
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The 50 Best One-Star Amazon Reviews of James Joyce’s Ulysses

Or: the Ballad of Leatherbags Reynolds
February 2, 2018  By Emily Temple
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Ulysses: Good or Bad?

21 Famous Writers and One Famous Psychoanalyst Weigh In
February 2, 2018  By Emily Temple
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10 Great Literary Works About Television

Happy Birthday, Infinite Jest
February 1, 2018  By Emily Temple
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13 Writers Who Grew to Hate Their Own Books

"I think of it as my Star Trek novel."
January 29, 2018  By Emily Temple
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11 Pop Songs for Literary People

Read, Eat, Sleep
January 26, 2018  By Emily Temple
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A Brief Visual History of Virginia Woolf’s Book Covers

From 1919 to Today
January 25, 2018  By Emily Temple
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Ursula K. Le Guin’s Best Life Advice

America's Greatest Writer Has Died
January 24, 2018  By Emily Temple
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10 Other Literary Writers We’d Love to See with Weekly Columns

Who Will Follow Elena Ferrante? (Rabih Alameddine? Maggie Nelson? Please?)
January 23, 2018  By Emily Temple
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Here are the Finalists for the 2017 National Book Critics Circle Awards

30 finalists in six categories
January 22, 2018  By Emily Temple
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Great Advice From 25 Writing Manuals by Famous Authors

Q: What’s the key to suspense? A: I’ll tell you later.
January 22, 2018  By Emily Temple
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10 Iconic Brooklyn Books…

...that Every New Yorker Should Read
January 17, 2018  By Emily Temple
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Read Susan Sontag’s Love Letter to Borges, Written 10 Years After His Death

"We are still learning from you. We are still imitating you."
January 16, 2018  By Emily Temple
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15 Covers for The Bell Jar, Ranked from Most to Least Sexist

Plus a Bunch of Crazy International Covers, Just For Fun
January 12, 2018  By Emily Temple
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20 Author Photos: Then and Now

Toni Morrison, Donna Tartt, Margaret Atwood and More
January 10, 2018  By Emily Temple
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