Lit Hub Daily: December 15, 2023

TODAY: In 1930, Irish novelist Edna O’Brien is born. (Photo by Alessio Jacona.)    

• It’s that time of year again! We’re counting down the 50 biggest literary stories of 2023, so you can remember the good, the bad, and all the literary cool girls we met along the way. | Lit Hub

• Georges Ugeux talks to Andrew Keen about Wall Street’s assault on democracy. | Lit Hub Politics

• Jennet Conant recounts the adventures of Maggie Higgins, one of America’s first female foreign correspondents. | Lit Hub Biography

• Riding along with the reindeer herders of Troms og Finnmark: A photo essay by Ben Mauk and Carleen Coulter. | The Dial

• “Writing about something other than disability rights—one of the few topics editors often trust disabled writers to cover—has become a privilege when it shouldn’t be.” Vilissa Thompson on navigating the shrinking media industry as a disabled writer. | The Nation

• “The world of learning has become a battleground between the opposed forces of democratization and commercialization.” Robert Darnton considers the dream of an “Alexandria in the cloud.” | NYRB

• “Wanda Nanibush, the inaugural Curator of Indigenous Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario, was forced out of her position for expressing support for Palestinian life and freedom.” Read more of her work here. | O Bod Magazine

Also on Lit Hub: Inside the process of cross-racial creative collaboration • Frank Falisi on Michael Mann’s new film, Ferrari • Martín Solares on creating novelesque excitement

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