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Happy birthday to the most scrotumtightening novel of them all: James Joyce’s Ulysses turns 100 today. | Lit Hub
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Leanne Shapton talks to Jordan Kisner on Thresholds about the desire to “always go bigger.” | Lit Hub Radio
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Claire Woodcock on the need to radically rethink how we organize information in the Library of Congress. | Lit Hub
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“Rum, sugar, rice. Curry, pepper, thyme. Each ingredient carries a story.” Charmaine Wilkerson on how food is its own kind of language. | Lit Hub Food
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Why Whitney Houston’s rendition of the national anthem still matters: Gerrick Kennedy on the legendary 1991 performance. | Lit Hub Music
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Florida Man author Tom Cooper talks Moby-Dick, terrible sex scenes, and novels set in the Sunshine State. | Book Marks
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WATCH: On Keen On, Maeve Higgins talks about America as an unfinished experiment, and Thomas J. Main looks at identity politics as a way to restore confidence in government. | Lit Hub Virtual Book Channel
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Alex Shephard investigates the motives of Filippo Bernardini, the man accused of orchestrating an elaborate plot to steal hundreds of manuscripts from book publishers. | The New Republic
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“This isn’t about censorship, it’s about what’s fun.” How the New York Times crossword puzzle editors navigate contentious language issues. | Kotaku
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Lovia Gyarkye considers the lessons of Octavia E. Butler’s Fledgling. | The Atlantic
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“A victory that doesn’t quite feel like a victory.” Sarah Raughley considers the publishing industry’s sudden interest in Black authors. | The Walrus
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Christopher Newfield talks to Jeffrey J. Williams about the false promises of universities. | Los Angeles Review of Books
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Remembering Robert C. Hayden, a historian and educator who authored books about Black history. | The Boston Globe
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How Arthur Conan Doyle engaged with the scientific thinking of his era. | The New Yorker
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