Lit Hub Daily: May 18, 2018

Lit Hub Daily: May 18, 2018

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

By Lit Hub Daily | May 18, 2018

A Close Reading of <em>True Grit</em>'s Perfect First Paragraph

A Close Reading of True Grit's Perfect First Paragraph

Charles Portis’s Classic as an Object Lesson in Creating Character

By Emily Temple | May 18, 2018

The Truth of Ray Bradbury's Prophetic Vision

The Truth of Ray Bradbury's Prophetic Vision

Michael Moorcock: Why Fahrenheit 451 Endures

By Michael Moorcock | May 18, 2018

The Power of W. G. Sebald's Small Silences

The Power of W. G. Sebald's Small Silences

Even His Punctuation Gestured Toward the Trauma of History

By Nathan Goldman | May 18, 2018

Be a Better Reader: Get Outside Your Genre Comfort Zone

Be a Better Reader: Get Outside Your Genre Comfort Zone

On the Dangers of Narrowly Marketed Book Categories

By Randall Klein | May 18, 2018

Bringing Together Emerging Writers and Industry Professionals

Bringing Together Emerging Writers and Industry Professionals

Reading Across America: Brooklyn's Former Manhattanville Reading Series

By Deirdre Coyle | May 18, 2018

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  • The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J. R. R. Tolkien
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Louise Penny on Surviving Childhood Fears with Charlotte's Web

By But That's Another Story | May 18, 2018

Remembering Publisher Peter Mayer

By Literary Hub | May 18, 2018

What We Loved This Week

By Literary Hub | May 18, 2018

Lit Hub Daily: May 17, 2018

Lit Hub Daily: May 17, 2018

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

By Lit Hub Daily | May 17, 2018

Fleeing Occupied Raqqa

Fleeing Occupied Raqqa

Memories Always Hit You Hardest When You’re Leaving,
and the Good Ones are the Most Painful of All

By Marwan Hisham and Molly Crabapple | May 17, 2018

Michael Ondaatje on the Books He Loves to Reread

Michael Ondaatje on the Books He Loves to Reread

Mavis Gallant's Overlooked Stories, Poetry from Around the World, and More

By Michael Ondaatje | May 17, 2018

Sophomore Slump? 6 Novels that Disprove an Old Cliché

Sophomore Slump? 6 Novels that Disprove an Old Cliché

Second Books Can’t All Be Bad!

By Kevin Powers | May 17, 2018

The Return of Socialism in America?

The Return of Socialism in America?

Fiction/Non/Fiction # 17: Dana Goldstein and Thomas Frank

By Literary Hub | May 17, 2018

The Water War That Polarized 1920s California

The Water War That Polarized 1920s California

When a "Scofflaw Carnival" Occupied the L.A. Aqueduct

By Gary Krist | May 17, 2018

The Woman Bringing the Bronx its First Book Festival

The Woman Bringing the Bronx its First Book Festival

Meet Saraciea Fennell, the Person Who Started it All

By Matt Grant | May 17, 2018

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