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10 Books You Should Read <br>This August

10 Books You Should Read
This August

Recommended Reading from Lit Hub Staff and Contributors

By Literary Hub | August 1, 2019

On Our Relentless Quest for Bigfoot

On Our Relentless Quest for Bigfoot

What Does the Elusiveness of the Sasquatch Reveal About Human Nature?

By John Zada | August 1, 2019

The Life and Death of an American<br> Indie Press

The Life and Death of an American
Indie Press

What Exactly Happened to Curbside Splendor?

By Taylor Moore | August 1, 2019

The Utopian Dream and Surveillance Nightmare of Electronic Money

The Utopian Dream and Surveillance Nightmare of Electronic Money

How Much Do Our Credit Cards Define Us?

By Finn Brunton | August 1, 2019

On the Difficulty of Translating British Humor Into American Comedy 

On the Difficulty of Translating British Humor Into American Comedy 

Can Iconic British Rom-Com Four Weddings and a Funeral Work As American TV?

By Alessandro Tersigni | August 1, 2019

Never Again What? On the Hard Questions Primo Levi's Still Asking

Never Again What? On the Hard Questions Primo Levi's Still Asking

The Necessity of Revisiting His Classic If This Is a Man

By Giacomo Lichtner | July 31, 2019

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When Novelists Become Method Actors

By Leland Cheuk | July 31, 2019

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

By Emily Firetog | July 31, 2019

Eclipsed, a Wandering Reading Series, Finds a Home

By Janelle Greco | July 31, 2019

The Late-Capitalist Privileges of<br> Being an Art Monster

The Late-Capitalist Privileges of
Being an Art Monster

Sarah Elaine Smith on Working a Tech Job While Trying to Make Art

By Sarah Elaine Smith | July 31, 2019

Of Poetry and Pilgrimage: Queer Writers Staying Hopeful in Madrid

Of Poetry and Pilgrimage: Queer Writers Staying Hopeful in Madrid

At the Unamuno Author Series Festival, Poets Reckon
with Looming Fascism

By Anna Hundert | July 31, 2019

Sujata Massey on Her New Novel, <em>The Satapur Moonstone</em>

Sujata Massey on Her New Novel, The Satapur Moonstone

Reading Women Discuss 1920s India and the Woman Lawyer
Who Inspired the Perveen Mistry Series

By Reading Women | July 31, 2019

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Hartford, Connecticut

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Hartford, Connecticut

Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Wallace Stevens, and More

By Michele Herrmann | July 31, 2019

J. Ryan Stradal on Following the Enthusiasm

J. Ryan Stradal on Following the Enthusiasm

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | July 31, 2019

<em>So Many Damn Books</em> on Their Summer Reading

So Many Damn Books on Their Summer Reading

Drew Broussard and Christopher Hermelin on
Lonesome Dove and the West

By So Many Damn Books | July 31, 2019

Finding Photos of My Grandfather in a Japanese Internment Camp

Finding Photos of My Grandfather in a Japanese Internment Camp

Brandon Shimoda on Seeking Ancestral Connections Through Remnants on the Wall at Fort Missoula

By Brandon Shimoda | July 30, 2019

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