Lit Hub Daily: August 4, 2022

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TODAY: In 1913, Robert Hayden, the first African American to be appointed as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (today known as US Poet Laureate), is born.  

Also on Lit Hub: Samuel Amadon on self-reinvention and trusting your own style • Adam Langer on high school rumors and storytelling • Read from Tess Gunty’s debut novel, The Rabbit Hutch

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