Lit Hub Daily: December 10, 2021

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TODAY: In 1891, German-Swedish poet and playwright Nelly Sachs is born.   

Also on Lit Hub: David Kirby on writing the unknowable • Mike Roe on the shows (and memes) that followed 30 Rock • Read from Lisa Harding’s latest novel, Bright Burning Things



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