LitHub Daily: December 8, 2016

LitHub Daily: December 8, 2016

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

By Lit Hub Daily | December 8, 2016

How We Write About Work, Then and Now

How We Write About Work, Then and Now

On Dickens, Office Life, and Tales of the Precariat in Contemporary Fiction

By Juliana Broad | December 8, 2016

The Two Books That Saved My Young Life

The Two Books That Saved My Young Life

Keah Brown on Sarah Dessen, Toni Morrison, and Coming Back from the Brink

By Keah Brown | December 8, 2016

Reading Out Loud in a Time of Terror

Reading Out Loud in a Time of Terror

Joseph Roth, Masha Gessen, and Finding Strength in the Words of Others

By Sabine Heinlein | December 8, 2016

On Innocence, Internment, and Resistance with an Open Heart

On Innocence, Internment, and Resistance with an Open Heart

Marie Mutsuki Mockett Writes to Her Young Son

By Marie Mutsuki Mockett | December 8, 2016

Turning a Book Into a Movie is Like Making Booze

Turning a Book Into a Movie is Like Making Booze

Terry George on the Distillation Process Behind In the Name of the Father

By Terry George | December 8, 2016

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • The Hitch
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

LitHub Daily: December 7, 2016

By Lit Hub Daily | December 7, 2016

Why Do We Keep Fighting Over 'To Kill A Mockingbird'?

By Emily Temple | December 7, 2016

Patriotism: A Schooling (and Unschooling)

By Jessica Holmes | December 7, 2016

Hemingway vs. Ken Russell: Or Why You Should Compare Apples to Oranges

Hemingway vs. Ken Russell: Or Why You Should Compare Apples to Oranges

Noah Berlatsky on the Critical Value of Broad Comparisons

By Noah Berlatsky | December 7, 2016

Five Books Making News This Week: Cinematic Stories and Cephalopods

Five Books Making News This Week: Cinematic Stories and Cephalopods

Kathleen Collins, Marcy Dermansky, Peter Godfrey-Smith, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | December 7, 2016

LitHub Daily: December 6, 2016

LitHub Daily: December 6, 2016

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

By Lit Hub Daily | December 6, 2016

Was Edmund Wilson Just Jealous of <em>Lolita</em>?

Was Edmund Wilson Just Jealous of Lolita?

How a Great American Literary Critic Got it Wrong About a Classic

By Alex Beam | December 6, 2016

Writing the Body: Trauma, Illness, Sexuality, and Beyond

Writing the Body: Trauma, Illness, Sexuality, and Beyond

Eileen Myles, Ruth Ozeki, Porochista Khakpour,
Anna March & Alexandra Kleeman

By Literary Hub | December 6, 2016

César Aira Makes the Impossible Possible

César Aira Makes the Impossible Possible

Mark Haber on the Newly Translated Ema the Captive

By Mark Haber | December 6, 2016

Watch James Toback Tell The Story of Getting Punched by Norman Mailer

Watch James Toback Tell The Story of Getting Punched by Norman Mailer

Apparently, the key to being a great American writer is: bourbon

By Emily Temple | December 6, 2016

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