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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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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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Hot Sex With Sea Monsters: A Comparative Study

Or, Why is Mrs. Caliban So Much More Convincing Than The Shape of Water?
January 9, 2018  By Emily Temple
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Everything You Need to Know About Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury

The Trump Exposé That Everyone is Talking About
January 5, 2018  By Emily Temple
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35 Literary Adaptations to Look Forward to in 2018

Prepare Your Reading Schedule Now
January 4, 2018  By Emily Temple
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10 Songs for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

The Very Best in 14th-century Holiday Morality Tales
December 28, 2017  By Emily Temple
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10 Dark Short Stories You Can Read Online to Escape Holiday Cheer

Under the table on your phone, if necessary
December 27, 2017  By Emily Temple
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The Most-Rejected Books of All Time

(Of the Ones That Were Eventually Published)
December 22, 2017  By Emily Temple
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The 64 Best Book Covers of 2017

According to the Experts: Book Designers!
December 21, 2017  By Emily Temple
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Notable Literary Deaths in 2017

A Last Goodbye to the Authors and Editors We Lost This Year
December 18, 2017  By Emily Temple
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The Ultimate Best Books of 2017 List

Or: Clarity in Consensus
December 18, 2017  By Emily Temple
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A Close Reading of the Best Opening Paragraph of All Time

From Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle, of course
December 15, 2017  By Emily Temple
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13 Literary Celebrity Lookalikes

Because Everyone Has a Doppelgänger
December 13, 2017  By Emily Temple
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See It Here: The Cover for Ottessa Moshfegh’s New Novel

A Look at My Year of Rest and Relaxation
December 13, 2017  By Emily Temple
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Why Is the Internet in an Uproar Over a Single Short Story?

And were the cats imaginary?
December 11, 2017  By Emily Temple
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