Lit Hub Daily: December 13, 2017

TODAY: In 1830, Danish feminist, novelist, and telegraphist Mathilde Fibiger is born. 

• The bloody catharsis of femme revenge: Emma Eisenberg seeks out stories of women who are done rising above it. | Literary Hub
• 13 literary-celebrity lookalikes (this is the news you need now). | Literary Hub
• On the perilous plight of part-time librarians, and the working life they build from nights and weekends. | Literary Hub
• Abuse of power in the literary world: Alex Kleeman on the wide-ranging fallout of sexual misconduct. | The Cut
• Nolite te bastardes carborundorum: Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale was the most-read book on Amazon platforms this year. | Publisher’s Weekly
• Steph Opitz goes all in: a new literary festival is coming to one of America’s most bookish cities. (Read more about it here.) | Literary Hub, Minneapolis Star Tribune
• “Who in America is allowed to be ordinary and who must prove their humanity?” Lisa Ko on immigration, exceptionalism, and respectability politics. | BuzzFeed Reader
• From Andrés Barba’s Such Small Hands to Magda Szabó’s Katalin Street: 75 notable translations from 2017. | World Literature Today
• “Gass knew that language is nothing without metaphor.” On the philosophy of William H. Gass. | n+1
• “The dark arts better be worried, oh boy!” What happens when a bot trained with all seven Harry Potter books writes a new chapter. | Botnik Studios
• Dave Eggers talks to virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier about creating better online spaces for social justice. | Literary Hub
• On the woman who was one of early Hollywood’s most successful screenwriters. | Literary Hub
• Ariel Dorfman searches for answers to Donald Trump in the pages of classic horror. | Literary Hub
• “I think a good book is a good book, and every candidate is welcome.” An interview with book critic Michael Magras. | Book Marks

Also on Literary Hub: The necessity of author photos: Chuck Palahniuk has had enough · See the cover for Ottessa Moshfegh’s new book, My Year of Rest and Relaxation · New fiction from Jussi Valtonen: Read from They Know Not What They Do.

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