Lit Hub Daily: April 20, 2023

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TODAY: In 1841, Edgar Allan Poe’s “Murders in Rue Morgue,” considered the first detective story, is published.   

Also on Lit Hub: How Board Game Geek made games more inclusive • Xiu Xiu’s James Stewart on sex as escape, being a jerk, and “alcohol-fueled insanity” • Read from Han Kang’s newly translated collection, Greek Lessons (tr. Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won)



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