Lit Hub Daily: August 8, 2018

Lit Hub Daily: August 8, 2018

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

By Lit Hub Daily | August 8, 2018

What Does Immersing Yourself in a Book Do To Your Brain?

What Does Immersing Yourself in a Book Do To Your Brain?

On Neurochemistry, Lucia Berlin, and the Dangers of Empathy Loss

By Maryanne Wolf | August 8, 2018

<em>The Wind in the Willows</em> Isn't Really a Children's Book

The Wind in the Willows Isn't Really a Children's Book

Nor, Mysteriously, Does it Contain Any Willows . . .

By Peter Hunt | August 8, 2018

Shirley Jackson: Possibly a Witch, Definitely Played the Zither

Shirley Jackson: Possibly a Witch, Definitely Played the Zither

Or, Why All Author Bios Should Include Likes and Dislikes

By Emily Temple | August 8, 2018

5 Reasons a Writer Should Move to... Tucson

5 Reasons a Writer Should Move to... Tucson

From Desert Monsoons to Some of the Best Food in the Country

By Eshani Surya | August 8, 2018

A Reading Series of One's Own

A Reading Series of One's Own

Words on the Verge: Why I Chose to Program a Season of Women-Only Readers

By Christine Green | August 8, 2018

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Lit Hub Daily: August 7, 2018

By Lit Hub Daily | August 7, 2018

In Defense of Keeping Books Spine-In

By R.O. Kwon | August 7, 2018

When You're Asked to Design a Cover After Others Have Tried...

By Colleen Reinhart | August 7, 2018

1921 · 1946 · 1984 · 2018 A Genealogy of the Totalitarian Novel

1921 · 1946 · 1984 · 2018 A Genealogy of the Totalitarian Novel

What Yevgeny Zamyatin's We Says About Us

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 7, 2018

The Story Collector, or, How Not to Write a Novel

The Story Collector, or, How Not to Write a Novel

Aysegül Savas on the Fiction Writer as Ethnographer

By Aysegül Savas | August 7, 2018

Dag Solstad on the Accidental Politics of Novel Writing

Dag Solstad on the Accidental Politics of Novel Writing

In Conversation with John Freeman and Lydia Davis

By Literary Hub | August 7, 2018

Lit Hub Daily: August 6, 2018

Lit Hub Daily: August 6, 2018

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

By Lit Hub Daily | August 6, 2018

The Complexity of Keeping House is Worthy of Great Literature

The Complexity of Keeping House is Worthy of Great Literature

From Finland to Earthsea, 10 Important Books About Domestic Labor

By Lisa Locascio | August 6, 2018

The Mindfuck: Returning to My Mennonite Homeland

The Mindfuck: Returning to My Mennonite Homeland

Rachel Yoder Goes Looking for... Rachel Yoder?

By Rachel Yoder | August 6, 2018

How Writing a Short Story Collection is Like Starting a Zoo

How Writing a Short Story Collection is Like Starting a Zoo

Valerie Trueblood on Grabbing a Story By the Neck

By Valerie Trueblood | August 6, 2018

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