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19 Books You Should Read This April

19 Books You Should Read This April

Recommended Reading from Lit Hub Staff and Contributors

By Literary Hub | April 3, 2019

The Unused Alternative Covers Behind <br>5 Modern Literary Classics

The Unused Alternative Covers Behind
5 Modern Literary Classics

How the Foreign Editions of George Saunders, J.P. Donleavy, and More Came to Life

By Literary Hub | April 3, 2019

Unsilencing the Writing Workshop

Unsilencing the Writing Workshop

Students Might Learn More and Hate it Less if They Talk About Their Own Work

By Beth Nguyen | April 3, 2019

The French Satirist Who Brought Anarchy Into Art

The French Satirist Who Brought Anarchy Into Art

On Georges Blondeaux, or Gébé

By Edward Gauvin | April 3, 2019

Angela Davis on Protest, 1968, and Her Old Teacher, Herbert Marcuse

Angela Davis on Protest, 1968, and Her Old Teacher, Herbert Marcuse

Read from Marcuse's Graphic Biography by Nick Thorkelson, edited by Paul Buhle and Andrew T. Lamas

By Literary Hub | April 3, 2019

Aging in America: Cherríe Moraga on Her Mother's Struggles

Aging in America: Cherríe Moraga on Her Mother's Struggles

Growing Up in a Mexican-American Family and Revering One's Elders

By Cherrie Moraga | April 3, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

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  • Lady C: The Long, Sensational Life of Lady Chatterley's Lover

On Making Mary Berry's Fast Cakes
and Not Writing

By Emily Temple | April 3, 2019

Interview with a Bookstore:
One of the Nation's Oldest Black-Owned Bookstores

By Interview with a Bookstore | April 3, 2019

Why Am I So Embarrassed About
Hiring a Nanny?

By Megan Stack | April 3, 2019

Reading Women: The Ramadan Edition

Reading Women: The Ramadan Edition

Amena Ravat Joins Kendra Winchester and Sumaiyya Naseem on Reading Women

By Reading Women | April 3, 2019

Lit Hub Daily: April 2, 2019

Lit Hub Daily: April 2, 2019

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

By Lit Hub Daily | April 2, 2019

If Only It Were All Greek: A Reading List from Mary Norris

If Only It Were All Greek: A Reading List from Mary Norris

From Corfu to Crete, the Comma Queen Shares Her Favorites

By Mary Norris | April 2, 2019

Why, Exactly, Do We Have Subtitles on Books?

Why, Exactly, Do We Have Subtitles on Books?

Mary Laura Philpott, Out Here Asking the Tough Questions

By Mary Laura Philpott | April 2, 2019

Édouard Louis: On the Youth My <br>Father Never Really Had

Édouard Louis: On the Youth My
Father Never Really Had

From Who Killed My Father

By Edouard Louis | April 2, 2019

Why Don't More Writers Become<br> Public School Teachers?

Why Don't More Writers Become
Public School Teachers?

Belle Boggs on a Career in the Classroom

By Belle Boggs | April 2, 2019

Bryan Washington, Rising Star of Literary Houston

Bryan Washington, Rising Star of Literary Houston

The Author of Lot Talks to Benjamin Rybeck

By Benjamin Rybeck | April 2, 2019

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