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Our 48 favorite books of the year—for all your last-minute gifting, Omicron hibernation companionship, and holiday reading needs. | Lit Hub
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Lee Gutkind recounts the surprising history of a genre: how creative nonfiction overcame resistance in English departments to become a literary force. | Lit Hub
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“It doesn’t matter whether you draw well or not. You can convey so much in comics.” Keum Suk Gendry-Kim talks to Alexander Chee about Korea, black and white illustration, and her new graphic novel, The Waiting. | Lit Hub Comics
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Michelle Bowdler and Kenny Fries talk about telling the story of injustice through memoir. | Lit Hub Memoir
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“The promise of the completed narrative is transformation, not reiteration.” Bonnie Friedman on taking clues from your own manuscript in order to get unstuck. | Lit Hub Craft
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Howard Norman on the end times sketches of New Yorker cartoonist Edward Koren. | Lit Hub Comics
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Amanda Gorman, Yusef Komunyakaa, Kaveh Akbar, Rita Dove, and Arthur Sze all feature among the Best Reviewed Poetry Collections of 2021. | Book Marks
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“All the clichés about Los Angeles are true.” Jeff Weiss talks to John Rechy, the “90-year-old laureate of sex and salvation.” | theLAnd
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Shane Graham considers David Levering Lewis’ When Harlem Was in Vogue, 40 years on. | Public Books
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A look at the 50 best books of literary journalism of the 21st century. | GQ
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RJ Smith pays tribute to pioneering music journalist Greg Tate. | Los Angeles Times
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On the politics of Johnny Cash. | The New Republic
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Rachel Brittain shares some favorite gender-swapped fairytales. | Book Riot
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The latest from Texas, where local lawmakers are pressuring schools to review or remove books related to race, gender, and sexuality. | The New York Times
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