Lit Hub Daily: May 16, 2017

Lit Hub Daily: May 16, 2017

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

By Lit Hub Daily | May 16, 2017

From <em>The Satanic Verses</em> to Scientology, Pamela Paul’s Foray in Bookselling

From The Satanic Verses to Scientology, Pamela Paul’s Foray in Bookselling

Ripping the Covers Off Books and Other Dodgy Business

By Pamela Paul | May 16, 2017

Fulfilling the Promise to Visit My Late Lover's Parents

Fulfilling the Promise to Visit My Late Lover's Parents

Fenton Johnson Uncovers Memories of Survival and The Limitless Heart

By Fenton Johnson | May 16, 2017

What’s So Bad About Being Bored at Work?

What’s So Bad About Being Bored at Work?

Looking at Life at the Office in a Whole Different Way

By Mary Mann | May 16, 2017

"Write What You Know" is Not Good Writing Advice

Kate Southwood Offers a Warning to Young Writers

By Kate Southwood | May 16, 2017

Sharecropper Emma Woods on Meeting James Agee

Sharecropper Emma Woods on Meeting James Agee

Archival video from Dale Maharidge and Michael Williamson

By Emily Temple | May 16, 2017

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Poet Alan Felsenthal Brings the Light With Him

By Thora Siemsen | May 16, 2017

The Superhuman Charm of Ernest Hemingway, the “Most Shot-Up Man in America”

By Mary V. Dearborn | May 16, 2017

5 Books Making News This Week: Songs, Short Stories, and Sophocles

By Jane Ciabattari | May 16, 2017

Lit Hub Daily: May 15, 2017

Lit Hub Daily: May 15, 2017

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

By Lit Hub Daily | May 15, 2017

The Fine Art of Cheating in Baseball

The Fine Art of Cheating in Baseball

Remembering Red Faber, One of the Last Great Spitballers

By Terry McDermott | May 15, 2017

A Muslim YA Author on Belonging at a Tennessee Book Festival

A Muslim YA Author on Belonging at a Tennessee Book Festival

Sheba Karim Goes to Murfreesboro

By Sheba Karim | May 15, 2017

A Literary Party Institution, Both Cheeky and Sacred

A Literary Party Institution, Both Cheeky and Sacred

A Report From One Story's 15th Anniversary Debutante Ball

By Kyle Lucia Wu | May 15, 2017

The Canonization of Dylan Thomas

The Canonization of Dylan Thomas

On the Legacy of Literary Afterlives

By Bernard Schwartz | May 15, 2017

What is Money, Anyway?

What is Money, Anyway?

On Lenin, KimYe, and Gold-Plated Toilets

By Pascal Bruckner | May 15, 2017

In <em>Kintu</em>, a Look at What it Means to be Ugandan Now

In Kintu, a Look at What it Means to be Ugandan Now

How Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's novel Offers an Important Corrective

By Aaron Bady | May 15, 2017

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